ISSN 2637-5060
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How to Be an Effective Military Innovation Champion
Col George M. Dougherty, USAF
Studies have found that effective military champions often are needed to promote innovations that achieve revolutionary impact rather than languish in obscurity.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Guidance for the Product Support Manager
Elizabeth Lederer
A renewed focus is needed on streamlining processes and eliminating obstacles to “foster a culture of authority and accountability” among product support managers (PSMs). PSMs must be provided needed resources, tools and authorities and must fight for long-term sustainment considerations.
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The Changing World of Supplier Management
Eileen Lang and Reginald Goodman
Prime contractors in naval aviation have come to rely increasingly on outsourcing to subcontractors. The inherent risks of this outsourcing trend must be understood and mitigated.
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Program Protection Plan
A Practitioner’s View
Peter Merrill and Howard Harris
Some lessons have been learned about measures to protect information, components and technologies against known security threats and attacks.
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The Value of Data Visualization
Robert D. Frum, DCS
Whether straightforward monetized return or intangible benefits, data visualization value needs to be assessed quantitatively to determine economic return. This would permit a comparison with expected losses and gains from other investments.
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Corporate Responsibility Management
10 Hidden Signs of a Responsible Contractor
Eugene A. Razzetti
Companies need to conduct solid internal assurances of the truthfulness of their contract documentation. Reliance on routine external audits is not enough.
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Commercial Items
If Only It Were So Easy
Peter Levine
DoD should be able to meet military needs and protect the taxpayers without creating unreasonable barriers to commercial purchasing. But a favorable outcome is unlikely if competing interests are overlooked and if the problem is regarded as easy to solve.
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Agile—the Pros and Cons
John M. Nicholson
DoD acquisition leadership desires to field capabilities more quickly and with more agility, but the middle ranks of the acquisition community seem resistant to the Agile paradigm shift. Greater agility requires greater tolerance of risk by DoD and the Services.
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Contracting and Acquisition During World War I
Leo P. Hirrell, Ph.D.
Much has been written about the immense changes within the Army’s operational side during the Great War; yet the lessons learned regarding contracting and acquisition were equally important.
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MDAP/MAIS Program Manager Changes
Defense AT&L Wins Two New Awards
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