Searching for Policy Coherence: The DOD Space Architect as an Experiment

Abstract

In an era of declining resources, the search for ways to control and reallocate expenditures has become more focused. Pentagon responses to cost cutting have varied depending on the matter at hand. With regard to military space the answer has involved forming specialized organizations, a time-honored means of dealing with change. Organizational reform can represent a major attempt to introduce change or a mechanism for deflecting real change. This article examines the potential of the recently established Office of the DOD Space Architect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA525664

Entities

People

  • Joan Johnson-freese
  • Roger Hanberg

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Budgets
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Space Transportation
  • Vehicles
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space