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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 ...
THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN POLICY CHANGES ON MILITARY PARTICIPATION RATES, CONTRIBUTION RATES, AND CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The purpose of this research is to analyze the effects of the Department of Defense’s policy changes to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), its defined contribution plan, enacted on 1 January 2018. A voluntary and anonymous ...
BREAKING BARRIERS TO THE FUTURE: EXPLORING USE OF BURGEONING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE COAST GUARD OPERATIONS IN THE RESOURCE-RICH ARCTIC
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Over the last 10 years the melt of the polar ice caps has opened access to a region of the earth full of untapped resources. This has provided new economic opportunities for polar nations such as Canada, Russia, the United ...
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 ...
U.S. MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY ADVANCED BASE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Since 1775, the U.S. Marine Corps has been the U.S. premier expeditionary force in readiness and thus is capable of conducting an array of military operations in austere locations. In recent years, the U.S. Marine Corps ...
AN EXPLORATION OF TRAINING ALTERNATIVES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
In an effort to address the Navy’s attempts to incorporate greater distributed learning experiences and achieve gains in learning effectiveness, this project explores training alternatives to the traditional classroom model ...
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 ...
ANALYSIS OF THE USER FEEDBACK MECHANISM IN THE ARMY SERVICE CONTRACT ACQUISITION PROCESS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The purpose of this research is to examine how end user feedback for Army service contracts could be standardized and streamlined to better inform the requirements managers. We examine how three Army requirement managers ...
ANALYSIS OF THE FLEET SCHOLARS EDUCATION PROGRAM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The Fleet Scholars Education Program (FSEP), established in 2015, rewards top performers within the unrestricted line (URL) and Information Warfare (IW) communities with fully funded graduate education for up to two years ...
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 ...
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