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Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, 1998. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)38941050 Subject: Government purchasing -- United States. Excerpt: ... Executive Summary The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology ( USD [ A & T ] ) tasked the Defense Science Board ( DSB ) to review the Department's acquisition organizations and workforce, and to recommend changes that would lead to better, cheaper, and faster acquisition. This report is the result of that intensive assessment. It contains a proposed blueprint for change which we believe will lead to Defense acquisition organizations and a workforce that can acquire high quality products and services better, more quickly, and at lower cost. Focus on the Warfighter While our recommendations are directed at the Department's acquisition infrastructure, they are nevertheless designed to directly benefit the warfighter and contribute to improved mission readiness. As the Department strives for an acquisition process that will perform better, cheaper, and faster, we believe that the criteria should be measured from the warfighter's perspective in addition to any " business " perspective that might be considered. We suggest that better, cheaper, and faster acquisition contributes to mission readiness, and thus to the warfighter, in a very direct fashion: + Better acquisition ensures that the warfighter has the high-quality, leading edge systems needed to maintain technological superiority on future battlefields. + Cheaper acquisition enables the Department to make the best possible use of limited resources and ensures that the warfighter gets the greatest return from each dollar. + Faster acquisition enables systems to move from system commitment decision to fielding more quickly in order to be available for the warfighter when needed. Closer Integration with Industry One overarching theme emerges from our assessment. That is the compelling
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