Charting a Course for Change: Acquisition Theory and Practice for a Transforming Defense, May 13, 2004
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NPS Acquisition Research Program
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Symposium Proceedings
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Date of Issue
2004-09-01
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Published 30 September 2004
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Abstract
Many in the Department of Defense associate the phase ''acquisition reform'' with major policy and legislative initiatives of the past decade, for example, the shift away from reliance on military unique specifications and standards, the emphasis on teaming, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA), and the Clinger-Cohen Act.'' While we should never discount the significance of these measures, the view that the 1990s were the genesis of acquisition reform diminishes perspective of the long history of reform efforts linked to names such as Goldwater, Nichols, Grace, Carlucci, Packard, and Hoover, to name but a few.'' Indeed, these efforts extend back in our history to the Continental Congress'' attempts to reform the buying practices of General Washington''s Army.'' Considering this history, ''reform'' may well be acquisition''s defining theme.
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Technical Report
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Proceedings of the First Annual Acquisition Research Symposium
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Acquisition Management
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NPS Report Number
NPS-AM-04-005
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The research presented at the symposium was supported by the Acquisition Chair of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program
Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.