Defense acquisitions, observations on whether the military service chiefs' role in managing and overseeing major weapon programs should be expanded : report to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Procurement--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States--Armed Forces--Weapons systems--Procurement--Evaluation.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Armed Forces.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (i, 19 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Observations on whether the military service chiefs' role in managing and overseeing major weapon programs should be expanded

GAO-14-520 Defense acquisition chain of command

Place of Publication:

[Washington, DC] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

Nearly three decades ago, Congress enacted the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act. As GAO has found, the act sought to strengthen civilian control over the acquisition function in DOD and establish a more streamlined chain of command for developing and procuring weapon systems. The reporting chain, which remains in effect today, runs upward from a program manager, through a program executive officer, to a service acquisition executive, and to the defense acquisition executive. Many acquisition reform studies have identified a need for increased accountability in DOD's acquisition management chain of command. The Senate Armed Services Committee Report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 mandated that GAO review DOD's acquisition chain of command. This report examines (1) findings and recommendations made by studies that assessed the role of the military service chiefs; and (2) how current DOD and military department policies define the roles and responsibilities of the service chiefs in acquisition management.

Contents:

Background

Studies recommended expanding service chiefs role in acquisition to varying degrees, but potential effect on improving acquisition outcomes is unclear

DOD and military department policies provide service chiefs multiple opportunities for involvement in oversight and management of acquisitions

Concluding observations.

Notes:

"May 2014."

"GAO-14-520."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO web site, viewed February 13, 2017).

OCLC:

879365456