Restoring the Army's Acquisition Contracting Corps

Abstract

Acquisition failures in expeditionary operations require a systemic fix of the Army Acquisition system. In 2007, the Secretary of the Army established an independent Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations to review the lessons learned in recent operations and to provide forward-looking recommendations to ensure future military operations achieve greater effectiveness, efficiency, accountability, and transparency. This SRP compares Army's contracting program with the contracting programs of the Navy and Air Force. In the basis of this comparison, it offers recommendations for improving Army contracting, which has been under scrutiny for the past ten years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2011
Accession Number
ADA543102

Entities

People

  • Joyce B. Junior

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Army Procurement
  • Contracts
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Electronic Mail
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.