Reforming Mil-Specs
Reforming Mil-Specs

Author: Mark A. Lorell

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Trillions for Military Technology
Trillions for Military Technology

Author: J. Alic

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-09-03

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0230606873

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Trillions for Military Technology explains why the weapons purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense cost so much, why it takes decades to get them into production even as innovation in the civilian economy becomes ever more frenetic, and why some of those weapons don't work very well despite expenditures of many billions of dollars. It also explains what do about these problems. The author argues that the internal politics of the armed services make weapons acquisition almost unmanageable. Solutions require empowering civilian officials and reforms that will bring choice of weapons "into the sunshine" of public debate.

Selected Rand Abstracts
Selected Rand Abstracts

Author: Rand Corporation

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Includes Reports (R-series), Rand Memorandums (RM-series), papers (P-series), and Books.

The East Asian Computer Chip War
The East Asian Computer Chip War

Author: Ming-chin Monique Chu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1317961560

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The semiconductor industry is a vital industry for military establishments worldwide, and the control of, or loss of control of, this key industry has enormous strategic implications. This book focuses on the globalization of the strategic semiconductor industry and the security ramifications of this process. It examines in particular the migration of the Taiwanese chip industry to China as part of the globalization of production processes, and the extent to which such a globalization process poses security challenges to the United States, China and Taiwan. Transcending disciplinary boundaries between international political economy, security studies, and the history of science and technology, this multidisciplinary work provides an in-depth understanding of the globalization-security nexus, and disentangles the key policy issues connected to a potential explosive flashpoint in world politics today.

Changing Bureaucratic Behavior Acquisition Reform in the United States Army
Changing Bureaucratic Behavior Acquisition Reform in the United States Army

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Recent efforts to "reinvent" government have extended to the acquisition system of the Department of Defense (DoD). In 1994, then Secretary of Defense William Perry directed the military services (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) to begin the process of reinventing their acquisition systems and policies. An important element of the "Perry Initiatives" was the elimination of all military specifications (milspecs) and standards from use in military acquisition. Traditional milspecs and standards were to be replaced with performance-based specifications. The Department of the Army (Army) took the lead in implementing the new policy, directing its employees to discontinue using all milspecs and standards. By late 1994, however, Army leadership found resistance to this policy from within the acquisition work force. Although the directive appeared clear-eliminate all milspecs and standards from use-Army leadership noted that milspecs and standards were still finding their way into requests for proposals (RFPs) and statements of work (SOWs) at the core of the acquisition process. Having adopted the initiatives and seeking to implement them fully, Army leadership was interested in learning why the rank and file of the acquisition work force was not embracing the reforms. In addition, the Army was interested in identifying ways to "incentivize" or improve implementation of milspec and standard reform.