Innovating the Federal Acquisition Process through Intelligent Agents

Abstract

Information technology (IT) developments are helping to improve many processes -- defense acquisition being one of them. One acquisition reform initiative is to increase efficiency through leveraging standardized IT applications such as the Standard Procurement System (SPS). Benefits to date have been only marginal, however, one reason being that their implementation was accomplished without first redesigning the existing inefficient process. This article examines opportunities for innovation in the federal acquisition process, focusing specifically on intelligent agent (IA) technologies that offer potential for order-of-magnitude gains in terms of performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA488462

Entities

People

  • David N. Fowler
  • Mark E. Nissen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Mail
  • Expert Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Internet
  • Market Research
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design