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BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAP: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP OF CORPORATE FINANCE TO DEFENSE PROCUREMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The purpose of this study is to provide the acquisition workforce (AWF) with an understanding of industry operations and a tool for assessing a company’s capability and capacity. This study utilizes publicly available ...
ANALYSIS OF THE PURCHASING STRUCTURE, ROLES AND AUTHORITY WITHIN LARGE, PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS WITHIN AIR FORCE CONTRACTING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Air Force Contracting (SAF/AQC) continually restructures itself to streamline decision-making and optimize purchasing procedures to best serve the warfighter. Using a data analysis and qualitative research approach, this ...
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT WORKING DOG INDUSTRY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
For the past several decades, the federal government has faced a chronic shortage of domestically bred working dogs qualified for use by both the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. As adversaries, both peer ...
IMPROVING THE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Stemming from the President’s Management Agenda, the Office of Management and Budget has set goals per functional area to guide the federal government’s modernization. The goal for acquisitions is to be frictionless, or ...
IMPLEMENTING CATEGORY MANAGEMENT ACROSS UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (SOCOM)
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The purpose of this research is to implement category management (CM) in the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) enterprise. It also examines, classifies, and analyzes expenditures and spending trends for ...
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT COST ESTIMATE AND ACTUAL CONTRACT COSTS FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED SERVICE CONTRACTS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The DoD remains on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) High-Risk List for contract management, and the DoD Inspector General (DoD IG) declared that DoD contract management is a top ten management challenge. One ...
PREPARING THE USAF CONTRACTING CAREER FIELD FOR THE NEXT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DISASTER RESPONSE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
This project’s focus is on the alignment of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) exercise design process with FEMA's challenges regarding humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) events. The authors applied Joint Publication ...
BIAS IN THE AIR FORCE AWARDS AND DECORATIONS PROGRAM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of implicit bias against women and minority active-duty members within the Air Force awards and decorations program. Data provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center is ...
SANDBOX CONTRACTING: AN EVALUATION OF GAMIFIED VS. TRADITIONAL CONTRACTING TRAINING METHODS AT THE USAF ENLISTED CONTRACTING TECHNICAL SCHOOL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
This thesis involved an evaluation of gamified versus current (traditional) training methods employed by the instructors and faculty at the Air Force’s 344th Training Squadron (344 TRS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, ...
MAXIMIZING THE DATA LITERACY OF THE AIR FORCE CONTRACTING WORKFORCE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
In recent years, the U.S. government has increased its focus on the value of data and its associated technical specialties, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. This mixed-method study answers the question: How ...
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