Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Defense Industry and Technology
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 78
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dr Nayantara D. Hensel
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-07-28
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1409431045
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →International defense industrial sectors have faced many challenges over the last twenty years, and in the current environment they struggle with the need to maintain critical aspects of the defense industrial base. Because the defense sector in the US is interconnected with other global defense and industry sectors, decisions made in one sector impact those of other countries and other areas of the economy. Dr. Hensel examines the interrelationship between these forces both historically and in the current environment, assessing the implications for the future global defense industrial base.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Business Challenges in the Defense Industry
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Panel found that small and midsize businesses face particular challenges in contracting with the DOD. In recent years, the DOD has been unable to meet its small business federal procurement goals. Furthermore, the Panel found that DOD lacks the ability to track small business participation at the lower subcontract tiers. The Panel also found that DOD lacks a culture that fosters small business participation where appropriate. In its work, the Panel concluded that the defense acquisition workforce has struggled to manage and execute programs in the midst of challenges in acquiring and retaining a professionally certified and competent defense acquisition workforce. Many described the defense acquisition workforce as part of a 'risk-averse' culture where program managers, in particular, have difficulty in balancing risks in managing cost, schedule and performance of acquisition programs. DOD has, in some cases, outsourced program management and divested itself of critical skills that are difficult to develop -- contracting officials, cost estimators, and systems engineers. This reliance on private contractors can create a potential conflict of interest and blur the lines between what work must be performed by federal employees and what work is permitted to be performed by private contractors. In addition, the Panel found that constantly changing regulations leads to unnecessary complexity, confusion, and poor execution, only furthering challenges for the acquisition workforce.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012-10-31
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 030926216X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The ability of the nation's military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation's technology base. A workforce with robust Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) capabilities is critical to sustaining U.S. preeminence. Today, however, the STEM activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) are a small and diminishing part of the nation's overall science and engineering enterprise. Assuring the U.S. Department of Defense a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce presents five principal recommendations for attracting, retaining, and managing highly qualified STEM talent within the department based on an examination of the current STEM workforce of DOD and the defense industrial base. As outlined in the report, DOD should focus its investments to ensure that STEM competencies in all potentially critical, emerging topical areas are maintained at least at a basic level within the department and its industrial and university bases.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2014-05-29
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 0309303265
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The summary version of Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security distills the findings and recommendations of the complete report into a a booklet format. The full report is available here.