From Warehouse to Warfighter

From Warehouse to Warfighter
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2008
Genre: Electronic government information
ISBN:

DoD's High-Risk Areas: Observations on DoD's Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management

DoD's High-Risk Areas: Observations on DoD's Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management
Author: Jack E. Edwards
Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 143793708X

DoD¿s management of its supply chain network is critical to supporting military forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere and also represents a substantial investment of resources. As a result of weaknesses in DoD's management of supply inventories and responsiveness to warfighter requirements, supply chain management is a high-risk fed. gov¿t. program. In July 2010, DoD issued a new Logistics Strategic Plan that represents the dept's. current vision and direction for supply chain management and other logistics areas. This testimony: (1) describes DoD's prior strategic planning efforts in the area of logistics; (2) highlights key elements in the new Logistics Strategic Plan; and (3) discusses opportunities for improvement in future iterations of this plan. Ill.

High-risk Logistics Planning

High-risk Logistics Planning
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN:

Defense Logistics

Defense Logistics
Author: William M. Solis
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437913296

Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have focused attention on the performance of DoD¿s supply chain management. DoD spent $178 billion on its supply chain in FY 2007. There have been many reported weaknesses in DoD's management of its supply chain. DoD released its Logistics Roadmap in July 2008 to guide, measure, and track logistics improvements. DoD has identified two technologies included in this roadmap -- item unique ident. (IUID) and passive radio frequency ident. (RFID), as having promise to address weaknesses in asset visibility. This report reviewed: the extent to which the roadmap serves as a comprehensive, integrated strategy to improve logistics; and the progress DoD has made implementing IUID and passive RFID.

Upcoming Transition: GAO¿s Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration

Upcoming Transition: GAO¿s Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration
Author: Gene L. Dodaro
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2009-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437910521

The upcoming 2009 transition marks the first wartime presidential transition in 40 years. The next admin. will fill thousands of positions across gov¿t.; there will be a number of new faces in Congress as well. Making these transitions as seamlessly as possible is pivotal to effectively and efficiently help accomplish the fed. govt¿s. many essential missions. The Presidential Transition Act specifically identifies GAO as a source of briefings and other materials to help inform presidential appointees of the major mgmt. issues, risks, and challenges they will face. This testimony provides an overview of GAO¿s objectives for assisting the 111th Congress and the next admin. in their all-important transition efforts. Charts and tables.

Department of Defense

Department of Defense
Author: Asif A. Khan
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 143793689X

Major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) are used to acquire, modernize, or extend the service life of DoD¿s most expensive assets, primarily military equipment. A new law required this review of weaknesses in DoD's operations that affect the reliability of financial information for assets acquired through MDAP. To do so, this report identified and reviewed previously reported weaknesses that impair DoD's ability to provide reliable cost information for military equipment acquired through MDAPs, and determined what actions DoD has taken to address them. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

Value of Innovation

Value of Innovation
Author: Irina Farquhar
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0762313463

Investigates the impact of information technology, biogenetic, and pharmacological innovation on individuals quality of life, safety, individual and system health care utilization, occupational and environmental health and formulary decision making, and costs.

Upcoming Transition: Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration

Upcoming Transition: Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration
Author: Gene L. Dodaro
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437909744

The next admin. will fill thousands of positions across gov¿t.; there will be a number of new faces in Congress as well. Making these transitions as seamlessly as possible is pivotal to effectively and efficiently help accomplish the fed. govt¿s. many essential missions. The Presidential Transition Act points to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as a resource to incoming admin. The GAO is a source of briefings and other materials to help presidential appointees make the leap from campaigning to governing by informing them of the major mgmt. issues, risks, and challenges they will face. This testimony provides an overview of GAO¿s objectives for assisting the 111th Congress and the next admin. in their transition efforts.