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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform (Phase II)
Author: United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform (Phase II)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1428982922
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Defense Science Board Task Force on Human Resources Strategy
Author: United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Human Resources Strategy
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 1428981004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Department of Defense (DoD) employs more than three million people. Nearly half of its personnel, 1.44 million, are active duty military. About 870,000 Reservists, composed of 410,000 Selected Reservists and 460,000 National Guard personnel, add to the active duty force. Civilian personnel make up the remaining workforce, numbering about 730,000. These three million employees are supported by an array of defense contractors providing a wide variety of goods and services to the Department. Moreover, the Department spends more than half of its $270 billion budget on pay and allowances alone. With a workforce this large, varied, diverse, and important, it is not surprising that its management is a uniquely challenging undertaking. The human resource challenges facing DoD have changed rapidly over the last decade as a result of many factors. A robust economy, civilian sector competition for employees to fill high-technology positions, declining American public interest in public service, major changes in the Department's missions and operational tempo, and a significant downsizing of the Department's workforce are a few examples. Reducing the size of the overall workforce by more than a million personnel, from a high in 1987 of 4.1 million, has left in place a very different force distribution - in age, education, and skill.
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Author: United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Engineering in the Manufacturing Process
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Final Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Globalization and Security
Author: United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Globalization and Security
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1428981217
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Globalization-the integration of the political, economic and cultural activities of geographically and/or nationally separated peoples-is not a discernible event or challenge, is not new, but it is accelerating. More importantly, globalization is largely irresistible. Thus, globalization is not a policy option, but a fact to which policymakers must adapt. Globalization has accelerated as a result of many positive factors, the most notable of which include: the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War; the spread of capitalism and free trade; more rapid and global capital flows and more liberal financial markets; the liberalization of communications; international academic and scientific collaboration; and faster and more efficient forms of transportation. At the core of accelerated global integration-at once its principal cause and consequence-is the information revolution, which is knocking down once-formidable barriers of physical distance, blurring national boundaries and creating cross-border communities of all types.
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Technology Capabilities of Non-DoD Providers
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1428981063
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report is a product of the Defense Science Board (DSB). The DSB is a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense. Statements, opinions, conclusions, and recommendations in this report do not necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Defense. Attached is the report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Capabilities of Non-DoD Providers of Science and Technology, Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation. This Study was requested by the Under Secretary of Defense (AT & L) in the Fall of 1998. The Terms of deterence directed that the Task Force make recommendations on: Non-DoD sources of Science and Technology and Systems Engineering - Processes tor out-sourcing of Science and Technology and System Engineering.
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform
Author: United States. Defense Science Board
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 1428983007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This document contains the final report of the DSB study on Defense Acquisition Reform (Phase II). The Phase I report firmly acknowledged the need to adopt commercial practices as a way of doing business, and developed a set of reform initiatives designed to accelerate the required changes. The thrust of the Phase II effort was to further define these areas by examining specific industry segments, identifying specific combatant commands for increase responsibility in the requirements process, and further identification of the barriers to the adoption of commercial practices. The Task Force concludes that: mature jet engines, microelectronics, software, and space systems can and should be procured and supported in a fully commercial environment; USACOM and CENTCOM should be given increased technical cadres to further their capability to participate in the requirements process; and it is feasible to eliminate may of the barriers to adoption of commercial practices without sacrificing the public trust in spending public funds.
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Superiority & Training Surprise
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 1428980911
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In late 1998 the Undersecretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), the Director, Defense Research and Engineering, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff requested the Defense Science Board to create a task force on training and education. The task force met periodically throughout 1999 and 2000. This document is the report of our deliberations.
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Enabling Joint Force Capabilities, Phase II.
Report of the Defense Science Board Summer Study Task Force on Defense Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1428982981
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the past decade, dozens of studies, reports, directives, and commissions have recommended specific changes in the approach the Department of Defense (DoD) uses to acquire products (primarily major weapon systems). This Defense Science Board (DSB) Summer Study Task Force reviewed these prior studies and concluded that, by and large, the recommendations have ben implemented. Rather than adding to the list of 'what to do' recommendations, this Task Force concentrated on recommending 'how-to-implement' change. This is a departure from the typical technical recommendations, but the Task Force believes this 'how to' focus is urgently needed at this juncture.
