Best Practices
Best Practices

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781289235833

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Gao-06-883 Best Practices
Gao-06-883 Best Practices

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781984370792

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GAO-06-883 Best Practices: Stronger Practices Needed to Improve DOD Technology Transition Processes

Accelerating Technology Transition
Accelerating Technology Transition

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-11-15

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0309093171

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Accelerating the transition of new technologies into systems and products will be crucial to the Department of Defenses development of a lighter, more flexible fighting force. Current long transition times-ten years or more is now typical-are attributed to the complexity of the process. To help meet these challenges, the Department of Defense asked the National Research Council to examine lessons learned from rapid technology applications by integrated design and manufacturing groups. This report presents the results of that study, which was based on a workshop held to explore these successful cases. Three key areas emerged: creating a culture for innovation and rapid technology transition; methodologies and approaches; and enabling tools and databases.

Space Research: Content and Coordination of Space Science and Technology Strategy Need to be More Robust
Space Research: Content and Coordination of Space Science and Technology Strategy Need to be More Robust

Author: Cristina Chaplain

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1437989020

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Each year, the U.S. spends billions of dollars on space-based systems to support national security activities. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2010 requires the DoD and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to develop and issue a space science and technology (S&T) strategy every two years addressing S&T goals and a process for achieving these goals, among other requirements. This report addresses: (1) the extent to which the strategy meets the statutory requirements; (2) if other approaches could be used to enhance the usefulness of the strategy; and (3) the extent of coordination efforts used in developoing the strategy. Illustrations. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Improving Federal Financial Management
Improving Federal Financial Management

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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