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ISSN 2637-5052
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FIAR 2020
The NEXUS Between Acquisition and Audit Remediation
Mobola A. Kadiri, Anna N. Smith, and Stephen M. Speciale
The Department of Defense has not yet passed a required financial audit. Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) focuses on transparency, accountability, and process improvement.
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The Adaptive Acquisition Framework
Better, Faster, More Tailored
Jim Woolsey
An interview and a closer look at the Adaptive Acquisition Framework with Stacy Cummings, who spearheaded the transformative development of its six varied pathways.
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20 Questions Every Product Support Manager Should Be Prepared to Answer
Bill Kobren
A product support manager who can answer all 20 questions—with supporting data—will be well on the way to becoming that trusted, highly successful subject-matter expert who is needed and required.
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SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Enabling Capability Through Connectivity
Part II: Expeditionary Warfare and Battlespace Management
Eugene A. Razzetti
Do everything you have to do—but do it faster. Often, “Fight with what you have” is a briefing room cliché that becomes the unhappy battle cry at the front.
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Best Value Awards
Steven E. Moore, Ph.D.
Some uses of Value Adjusted Total Evaluated Price in source selections are simple implementations in an existing plan. Others require detailed market research effort and analysis.
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Sea Power in the Gray Zone
James M. Landreth, P.E.
The Gray Zone involves actions below the threshold for conventional military conflict. Moreover, the proliferation of low-cost automation and unmanned systems are eroding undersea dominance.
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Moving From Risk-Averse to Innovative Opportunity Seekers
Brian Schultz
Risk management’s value is in the ability of a program manager to employ critical thinking and adopt a culture that influences sound decisions.
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UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS
Revolutionizing Acquisitions
Steve Waugh
The Pentagon already asks such Centers to perform analyses because of their independence from regular operations—and when the government cannot do so within specified constraints.
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Aesop’s Guide to “Acquisition Laws”
All the Worthwhile Bits, Including 89 Laws, Two Rules, and One Paradox
John Krieger
The Bat and the Weasel story tells us that it is wise to turn circumstances to good account—just as acquisition professionals should try to turn laws to their advantage.
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MDAP/MAIS Program Manager Changes
Defense Acquisition Wins Two Publication Awards
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