Accession Number:

AD1016325

Title:

Planning and Budgeting DoDs Weapons Systems

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

Defense Acquisition University Fort Belvoir United States

Personal Author(s):

• Spruill,Nancy

Report Date:

2009-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

How does DoD create a system to track its totalnet worth of equipment What is the real costof a heavily used FA-18 versus a sparingly usedone How does DoD standardize acquisition dataacross the enterprise and ensure that informationis shared with those who need it These are just a few ofthe types of questions Dr. Nancy Spruill is answering in herposition as director of acquisition resources and analysis inthe Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,Technology and Logistics OUSDAT and L. In June, she tookthe time to discuss several acquisition improvement initiativeswith Defense AT and L the recent changes implementedfor the business, cost estimating, and financial managementcareer field developing better cost-growth tracking methodologiesand other topics.

Descriptors:

• department of defense
• military equipment
• aircraft
• acquisition
• resources
• financial management
• cost estimates
• logistics
• strategy
• program management
• policies
• weapons systems
• federal budgets
• defense planning

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE