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Considerations for Managing Program Data in the Emerging Acquisition Environment
Feb 6, 2020
Recent statutory changes to DoD organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, and authorities have introduced new challenges and opportunities that significantly affect acquisition information management and governance. This research identifies and describes specific data challenges associated with the Middle Tier of Acquisition, the Selected Acquisition Report, and the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary process and data.
A Series on Considerations for Managing Program Data in the Emerging Acquisition Environment
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Acquisition program data help drive effective and efficient policy formulation, decisionmaking, and program execution across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Despite recent statutory changes to organizational structures, as well as to roles, responsibilities, and authorities (RRAs) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and military departments, OSD still needs key program data to inform policymaking and enable analysis critical for understanding acquisition processes and performance. For example, program data are still needed to conduct portfolio analyses and understand the performance of individual acquisition pathways and the overall acquisition system in order to improve acquisition policy design and outcomes.
The authors outline issues and opportunities in data requirements, governance, and management to strive for more efficient, effective, and informed acquisition while reducing burden and ad hoc data requests. They address general data governance and management challenges, as well as specific challenges associated with the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding, the Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), and the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) process and data. A rich set of information currently supports the acquisition community. While there is no agreement on all data needs and definitions, the underlying data used for program management, oversight/insight, decisionmaking, and analysis are similar across DoD.
Drawing on prior and ongoing research, we make several recommendations for using data to improve acquisition system performance:
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Opportunities for Improved Acquisition Information Management in the Emerging Acquisition Environment
Chapter Three
Implications of the Middle Tier Acquisition Pathway for the Management, Sharing, and Governance of Acquisition Data
Chapter Four
Implications of the Reform of the Selected Acquisition Report for the Governance, Management, and Sharing of Acquisition Data
Chapter Five
Whither the Defense Acquisition Executive Summary? An Opportunity to Align DAES to Support Emerging Acquisition Priorities
Chapter Six
Conclusions
This research was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute.
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