Acquisition Reform: How Training Can Help

Abstract

With an ever-growing national debt and more than $17 trillion in unfunded liabilities, the Department of Defense is, yet again, focused on acquisition reform as a way to achieve new efficiencies and savings. Acquisition reform efforts certainly are not new. A recent study revealed that more than 260 pertinent studies, commissions, and papers have been written over the last 20 years, including the highly regarded Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) of 2005. Although DAPA and other major efforts such as the Packard Report (1986) and the Fitzhugh Commission (1970) have led to improvements in the acquisition process, many of the key reforms mentioned throughout the decades have not been implemented. The reasons for this are varied and complex, but there are some internal things that DoD can do to improve the acquisition process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA608630

Entities

People

  • Ronald G. Joseph

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Overruns
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Job Training
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • Mentoring
  • Military Acquisition
  • Program Management
  • Students
  • Training

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design