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Kim, Yong Woon, and Trevor Brown. "Autonomy versus control in procurement and contracting: the use of cost-reimbursement contracts in three US federal departments." International Review of Administrative Sciences 83, no. 1_suppl (July 9, 2016): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020852315619477.

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This article examines the efficacy of central attempts to influence the use of specific types of contracts, namely, cost-reimbursement versus fixed-price contracts, by individual departments within a decentralized procurement system. We draw five years of data (Fiscal Years 2004–2008) from the Federal Procurement Data System to examine the contract type decisions of three US federal agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security. The results of our analysis suggest that while departments have discretion to purchase products that meet their mission requirements, there is relative uniformity in the reliance on cost-reimbursement versus fixed-price contracts. Points for practitioners The driving factor in the use of one contract type over the other is not the department in question, but rather what the department buys. Following central regulatory guidance, the three departments in our sample tend to use cost-reimbursement contracts for complex products and fixed-price contracts for simple products. The practical implications for central policymakers is that focusing guidance on what departments buy may be more effective in maintaining overall budget control rather than focusing on how the department buys products.

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Apte, Aruna, Corey Arruda, Austin Clark, and Karen Landale. "Implementing category management of services – a new methodology." Journal of Public Procurement 19, no. 2 (June 3, 2019): 165–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jopp-03-2018-0012.

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Purpose In an increasingly budget-constrained environment, the Department of Defense (DoD) must maximize the value of fiscal resources obligated on service contracts. Over half of DoD procurement spending between 2008 and 2012 was obligated on service contracts (GAO, 2013). Many services are common across the enterprise and recurring in nature; however, they are treated as unique and procured individually at the base level, year after year, rather than collectively in accordance with a larger, enterprise-wide category management strategy. The purpose of this paper is to focus on creating a methodology that treats common, recurring service requirements in a more strategic manner. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a standardized, repeatable methodology that uses relevant cost drivers to analyze service requirements to identify more efficient procurement strategies. Furthermore, they create a clustering continuum to organize services based on proximity between the customer-supplier bases. This paper uses a commercial business mapping software to analyze cost driver data, produce visualizations and illustrate strategic opportunities for category management initiatives. DoD requirements for Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) within the Los Angeles area are evaluated using the software and methodology to demonstrate a model for practical application. Findings The authors find that commercial software can be used to cluster requiring activities needing common, recurring services. This standardized, repeatable method can be applied to any category of services with any number of cost drivers. By identifying optimal requiring activity clusters, procurement agencies can more effectively implement category management strategies for service requirements. Research limitations/implications The initial approach of this paper was to develop a macro-level, one-size-fits-all model to centralize procurement. The authors found this approach inadequate as they tried to group service requirements of wildly differing characteristics. They experienced other significant limiting factors related to data availability and data collection. Social implications Clustering common and recurring DoD service requirements would result in standardized levels of service at all installations. The demand savings from clustering would promote the implementation of best practices for that service requirement across the DoD, which would eliminate non-value-added activities currently performed at some installations, or gold-plating of requirements, which is also likely occurring. Originality/value This paper is the first to use an analytics-based methodology to cluster common, recurring public services. It is the first method that offers a standardized, repeatable approach to implementing category management of service requirements to achieve cost savings.

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Rendon, Rene G. "Benchmarking contract management process maturity: a case study of the US Navy." Benchmarking: An International Journal 22, no. 7 (October 5, 2015): 1481–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-10-2014-0096.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of contract management process maturity assessments in the US Navy using a process capability maturity model. The maturity model is used to benchmark an organization’s contract management process maturity and to use the assessment results to develop a road map for implementing process improvement as well as knowledge-sharing initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – This is survey-based research on benchmarking contract management processes in the US Navy. A web-based assessment tool was deployed to US Navy contracting officers located at aeronautical systems, sea systems, and logistics support contracting agencies. The assessment tool consists of survey items related to the use of contracting best practices. The survey responses are then used to calculate the agency’s contract management process maturity level. Findings – The benchmarking results reflected higher maturity levels in the pre-award contracting processes (Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, and Source Selection), while lower maturity levels were reflected in the post-award contracting processes (Contract Administration and Contract Closeout). The research findings related to process capability enablers also reflected higher mean scores for the pre-award processes and lower mean scores for the post-award processes. These maturity levels and process capability enabler scores reflect the extent of the implementation of contracting best practices within the Navy contracting agencies. Research limitations/implications – This research uses a purposeful sampling approach designed to acquire data on organizational contract management processes. The assessment survey was administered only to qualified Navy contracting officers. The Navy contracting agencies are responsible for procuring billions of dollars in supplies and services in support of the Navy mission. Although the assessed contracting agencies procure different types of systems, supplies, and services, the contract management processes used are common to all Navy, Army, Air Force, and other US federal government agencies. The conclusions based on the analysis of these benchmarking assessments may be applicable to Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies. Practical implications – The findings suggest that benchmarking can be effective in measuring and improving contracting process capability within the Navy. Benchmarking contracting processes can have far-reaching effects throughout the DoD. The Under Secretary of Defense’s has mandated initiatives related to improving both pre- and post-award contracting processes. The use of these benchmarking assessments can be instrumental in tracking the achievements of these process improvement initiatives. Additionally, the US Congress is leading the push for auditability in procurement operations. By benchmarking and improving its contracting processes, the DoD will be winning the battle toward integrity, accountability, and transparency of its financial operations. Social implications – Benchmarking contracting processes can also have far-reaching effects in society. Many governments are focussing on integrity, accountability, and transparency in public procurement. International organizations such as Transparency International (TI) have identified process capability and process integrity as key for reducing the potential for procurement-related fraud, waste, and abuse. Additionally, NATO member countries and partner nations are focussing on the value of assessing and improving procurement processes for strengthening transparency and accountability. The value of benchmarking and improving contracting processes is gaining much attention in global public procurement agencies as they strive for accountability, integrity, and transparency in their governance processes. Originality/value – There are multiple reports on deficiencies in DoD’s contract management processes, identifying poor contract planning, and Contract Administration as just some of the critically deficient areas. In response, the DoD is increasing its emphasis on developing its workforce competence through education initiatives. However, very little attention is being paid to benchmarking contract management processes. This research reflects the value of benchmarking DoD’s contract management process maturity and using the results for implementing process improvement initiatives. Using process benchmarking data, agencies can identify process improvement initiatives that will ensure government tax dollars are spent in the most effective and efficient ways.

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Ivanenko, Olena. "IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION WITH THE USE OF RISK MATRIX." ScienceRise 2 (April 30, 2020): 26–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21303/2313-8416.2020.001340.

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The object of research: risk assessment for critical infrastructure protection in Ukraine. Investigated problem: adaptation and implementation of European Union’s approach to the risk assessment for critical infrastructure for the conditions of Ukraine. The main scientific results: The most relevant types of threats of natural and man-made origin for the security of critical infrastructure in Ukraine are investigated. The adaptation and implementation of European Union’s approach to the risk assessment for critical infrastructure for the conditions of Ukraine is realized. For this the character of changes of natural and man-made emergencies in Ukraine in the context of impact on critical infrastructure is investigated. The risk of economic losses due to emergencies in Ukraine has been evaluated with the use of risk matrix, taking into account the adapted approach applied in the European Union. Field of practical use of research results: Critical infrastructure facility including systems and physical or virtual resources that provide functions and services, failure of which can lead to significant negative consequences for society, social and economic development of the country and ensuring national security. Among them the most important are objects of electric-power industry, especially important objects of the oil and gas industry; units of the state government and local administration; objects of possible terrorist attacks; facilities subject to protection and defense in emergencies and during special periods; facilities subject to mandatory protection by the State Protection Service under contracts. Innovative technology product: methodology for assessing threats and risks to critical infrastructure, which can greatly contribute to the development of measures to prevent and minimize the negative consequences of emergencies possible in Ukraine at critical infrastructure objects. Scope of the innovative technology product: state system for critical infrastructure protection in Ukraine.

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Aguado-Romero, José, Antonio M. López-Hernández, and Simón Vera-Ríos. "Auditing procurement contracts for defense material in Spain: In the footsteps of the U.S. model." Journal of Public Procurement 14, no. 2 (March 1, 2014): 252–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jopp-14-02-2014-b004.

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In Spain contract auditing has been applied since 1988 to determine the final cost of defense procurement contracts. In this respect, the Spanish Department of Defense takes the US methodology as a reference model, and therefore it may be useful to study the degree of convergence between the two models. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the degree to which the US contract auditing model for the procurement of defense materiel has influenced the system applied in Spain. Accordingly, the comparative method is used to highlight the main features of the contract auditing models used by the Spanish and the US Departments of Defense. The results obtained show that the methodology used by Spain is not an original approach, but that there is only a low degree of convergence with the US model.

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Doherty, Owen J. "Ready Reserve Fleet: Ship Maintenance and Activations." Journal of Ship Production 13, no. 03 (August 1, 1997): 188–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/jsp.1997.13.3.188.

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As the size of the United States flag fleet continues to shrink, the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) assumes an even greater importance in national emergencies. There are approximately 100 RRF vessels located throughout the littorals of the United States. The outported vessels are shown in Fig. 1. Other vessels are either located at one of the three Reserve Fleets or have been activated for the Department of Defense. The maintenance of these vessels is critical to their successful activation and operation. The Maritime Administration (MARAD), which is part of the Department of Transportation, has taken action on key areas of concern in the lessons learned from Desert Shield/Desert Storm. This has resulted in improving the reliability and timeliness of the vessels in meeting their activation requirements. One major improvement (started in fiscal year 1996) is the placement of nine-and ten-man crews onboard the majority of the vessels to ensure readiness. In addition, sea trials and dock trials will be conducted more frequently. Some system upgrades are being accomplished for safe, reliable operations. Also, MARAD is reviewing contracting procedures to improve and to simplify the award of ship repair contracts. This paper gives an overview of how MARAD maintains RRF vessels. In particular, it discusses the type and amount of outside support (industrial assistance) needed to both maintain and activate the vessels. There is a wide variety of vessels in the RRF, ranging from break-bulk ships to offshore petroleum discharge vessels. Furthermore, the RRF fleet is strategically located across the United States, requiring a widespread need for industrial assistance in terms of both type and location of services required.

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Kamminga, Peter. "Rethinking contract design: Why incorporating non-legal drivers of contractual behavior in contracts may lead to better results in complex defense systems procurement." Journal of Public Procurement 15, no. 2 (March 1, 2015): 208–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jopp-15-02-2015-b004.

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Defense acquisition programs are plagued by surging delays and cost overruns. In particular, contract management of defense acquisition programs has been identified as 'high risk' - and threatening to project results. This article examines how contracts, as legal mechanisms, may be disruptive and obstruct cooperation between the DoD and contractors. The main observation this article makes is that tensions between the norms set forth in contracts and other non-legal norms can become a major reason for problems in defense procurement. It explains why these tensions may undermine cooperative behavior between contractors and the DoD and can become a source of disappointing acquisition program results. A framework is provided for identifying such tensions, and contract design principles are proposed to enhance cooperation and eliminate these tensions when drafting contracts for defense acquisition and other complex programs.

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Fleta-Asín, Jorge, and Fernando Muñoz. "Determinants of contract duration in outsourced services in the defense sector." Applied Economics Letters 24, no. 19 (January 25, 2017): 1408–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1282134.

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Kim, Deborah B., Edward D. White, Jonathan D. Ritschel, and Chad A. Millette. "Revisiting reliability of estimates at completion for department of defense contracts." Journal of Public Procurement 19, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 186–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jopp-02-2018-0006.

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Purpose Within earned value management, the cost performance index (CPI) and the critical ratio (CR) are used to generate the estimates at completion (EACs). According to the research in the 1990s, estimating the final contract’s cost at completion (CAC) using EACCR is a quicker predictor of the actual final cost versus using EACCPI. This paper aims to investigate whether this trend stills holds for modern department of defense contracts. Design/methodology/approach Accessing the Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE) database, 451 contracts consisting of 863 contract line item numbers (CLINs) were initially retrieved and analyzed in three stages. The first replicated the work conducted in 1990s. The second stage entailed calculating 95 per cent confidence intervals and hypothesis tests regarding percentage accuracy of EACs for a contract’s final CAC. Lastly, regression analysis was conducted to characterize major, moderate and minor influencers on EAC reliability. Findings For modern contracts, EACCR aligns more with EACCPI and no longer demonstrates early accuracy of a contract’s final CAC. Contract percentage completion strongly reduced the per cent error of estimating CAC, while cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts and those with no work breakdown structure greater than Level 2 negatively affected accuracy. Social implications To militate against optimism of early assessment of a contract's true cost. Originality/value This paper provides empirical evidence that EACCR behaves more like EACCPI with respect to modern contracts, suggesting that today’s contracts have relatively high SPI. Therefore, caution is warranted for program managers when estimating the CAC from contract initiation up to and slightly beyond the mid-point of completion.

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Romero, José Aguado, and Antonio M. López Hernández. "Cost and price auditing: effectiveness in the procurement of defense services in Spain." Revista de Administração Pública 50, no. 5 (October 2016): 745–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7612152005.

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Abstract Contract auditing, or cost and price auditing, has been applied in Spain as a means of determining prices in non-competitive defense contracts since 1989. Factors such as Spain's participation in international defense organizations, the characteristics of the defense market and the contractual legal framework for the procurement of defense goods and services help underscore the need for the Spanish Ministry of Defense to implement cost and price auditing. With the evolution of cost and price auditing in Spain in mind, this paper analyses the entire process, describes the audit procedures that are most commonly used today and assesses the main results achieved, in terms of financial savings. The results obtained show that cost and price auditing does indeed contribute to a more efficient use of public resources.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Defense Contract Administration Services"

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Lembrick, George A. "A management case analysis of the Defense Contract Management Command's Process Oriented Contract Administration Services (PROCAS) program." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276247.

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Edwards, John Hairston. "Contract administration of Department of Defense environmental restoration contracts." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25788.

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Edwards, John Hairston. "Contract administration of Department of Defense environmental resoration contracts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45733.

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Martin, Eric D. "An efficiency analysis of Defense Logistics Agency Contract Administration Offices." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA366213.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1999.
"June 1999". Thesis advisor(s): Lyn R. Whitaker, Linda Nozick. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available online.

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Porter, Douglas P. "An analysis of the feasibility of outsourcing contract administration functions within the Defense Contract Management Command." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA350397.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.
Thesis advisor(s): Janice M. Menker, Sandra M. Desbrow. "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103). Also available onlinle.

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Stallworth, Rachel. "Private Sector Defense Contractor Management Strategies for Contract Fulfillment." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5420.

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Private sector U.S. defense contractors failing to meet contract objectives experience lower profitability, pay costly penalties, and risk survivability. Using the theory of contracts, the purpose of this multiple case study was to the explore strategies that some leaders of U.S. defense contracting businesses use to meet all the contract terms with the U.S. Department of Defense. Data were collected from 5 leaders of private sector defense contracting companies in northwest Florida through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and through a review of operations manuals, quality assurance policy manuals, and archived U.S. Department of Defense contracts. During data analysis using Yin's 5-step process of compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, and concluding the data, 4 themes on strategies emerged: (a) communication strategy for successful completion of contracts, (b) technology strategy to monitor contract compliance, (c) training strategy for program managers, and (d) subcontractor selection strategy. The findings indicated that communication among all contract parties was an essential component of each of the 4 themes. Computerizing the contracting workflow to monitor compliance efforts, training program managers for effective oversight of contract compliance, and selecting subcontractors were vital elements of the strategies private sector defense contractors used to meet all the terms and conditions of U.S. Department of Defense contracts. The implications for positive social change include the potential for private sector defense contractors to improve the strength of the defense of the northwest Florida community, lower unemployment, and provide a safer environment for humanity.

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Pérez, Hualde Alejandro. "The Public Services Concession Contract as a "Long Term" Contract." Derecho & Sociedad, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119148.

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In this article, the author highlights the benefits of incorporating the concepts “concession contract” and “long term contract” within the new Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation in Argentina. For the author, these contractual arrangements are fundamental in Administrative Law to understand the scope of the concession of public services, specifically in regard to the introduction of changes in the contract. This also means that foreign police concepts or theories as ius variandi, which only add authoritarian elements under the contract, are not longer required.
En el presente artículo, el autor resalta los beneficios de la incorporación de los conceptos “contrato de concesión” y “contrato de larga duración” dentro del nuevo Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación argentina. Así, para el autor, estas figuras contractuales son fundamentales en el Derecho Administrativo para poder comprender los alcances del contrato de concesión de servicios públicos, específicamente, en cuanto a la introducción de variaciones en la ejecución del contrato. Ello conlleva, además, que ya no se tenga que recurrir a conceptospoliciales extraños o a teorías como la del ius variandi que únicamente añaden elementos autoritarios en el marco del contrato.

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Pai, Chih-Wen. "Determinants of the New Entry of HMOs into A Medicare Risk Contract: A Resource Dependence-Diversification Model." VCU Scholars Compass, 1996. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4946.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of the new entry of an HMO into a Medicare risk contract using a resource dependence—diversiﬁcation model. This study is conducted through a non-experimental, panel design With one year time lag. An HMO’s market is deﬁned as the service area. The primary sample for this study is composed of 440 HMOS that do not have a Medicare risk contract as of January 1994. Data for the variables are extracted from the 1994 and 1995 InterStudy and Group Health Association of America (GHAA) directories, the 1996 Area Resource File, the 1994 County and City Data Book, the 1993 County Business Patterns. Additional supplementary data on adjusted average per capita cost (AAPCC) and county-level Medicare beneﬁciaries are obtained from the Health Care Financing Administration. The dependent variable is discrete indicating an HMO’s market entry. Independent variables are grouped into four categories: market structure, resource muniﬁcence, market price, and organizational attributes. Twelve hypotheses are tested using multivariate logistic regression. This analysis reveals that HMO enrollment size is a predominant, positive factor in predicting a new market entry. HMOs are also sensitive to the level of AAPCC rates in making a market entry decision. Results from hypothesis testing suggest that competition encourages a new market entry. The importance of resource muniﬁcence is not statistically supported. This study demonstrates the appropriateness of a panel design to verify a cause-effect relationship and the applicability of the service area as an HMO’s market. This study also contributes to the theoretical understanding of an HMO’s market entry.

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Nishizaki, Santor. "Work environment preferences of Los Angeles Generation Y contract managers in the defense and aerospace industry." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3631046.

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There are currently 4 different generations in the workplace, and the newest generation, Generation Y, has caused leaders within organizations to rethink their management and workplace cultural approach to leading this emerging generation. This qualitative phenomenological dissertation examines the work environment preferences of Generation Y contract managers who work in the Los Angeles area in the defense and aerospace industry by interviewing 11 participants from both the public and private sectors. The research indicates that this new generation, Generation Y or Millennials, prefer to have autonomy over their workload and schedule, but prefer to have their direct manager active in a mentoring and coaching role, rather than acting as a task-master. In addition, the participants in this study preferred a healthy amount of pressure, but not too much of a workload that would cause them to fail. Lastly, this dissertation found that Millennials have a high preference for innovation and using innovative technology in the workplace to increase efficiency.

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Lockhart, David E. "Open Innovation| Accelerating Innovative Products and Services through the Department of Defense Acquisition Management System." Thesis, University of Maryland University College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10837400.

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The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the application of open innovation theory concepts and practices employed in private industry to the federal public sector, specifically the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Acquisition Management System (DAMS). This study considered using open innovation to improve the DoD’s ability to move innovative products and services through the DAMS faster, at a lower cost, while continuing to meet performance requirements for the DoD’s end-users. The theoretical lens was focused around the core concept of open innovation: collaboration with external parties, principally customers, and the acquisition, integration, and application of knowledge from external parties to improve innovation performance. The study also considered improved performance from the perspective of what the DoD, as the primary customer in the ecosystem, could do to raise the capacity of its supporting industrial base. Furthermore, the study considered the importance, use, and alignment of several secondary enablers that are needed to improve the probability of successfully implementing open innovation, including leadership and governance, culture, intellectual property and legal issues, funding, and technology. The study examined four propositions identified in the literature review and used realist synthesis in combination with the context, intervention, mechanism, and outcomes model to determine their validity. In the synthesis, the study identified four major findings that served to validate each of the propositions, essentially supporting the overall proposition that, as the primary customer in the ecosystem, the DoD’s effective use of collaboration with industry throughout the process and its provision of the right type of information earlier in the process resulted in better innovation performance for everyone in the ecosystem.

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Books on the topic "Defense Contract Administration Services"

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United States. Defense Logistics Agency. Contract administration manual for contract administration services. Alexandria, Va: Dept. of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, 1989.

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Office, United States Government Accountability. Contract management: Service contract approach to aircraft simulator training has room for improvement : report to the Subcommittee on Readiness, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: GAO, 2006.

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United States. General Accounting Office. Accounting and Financial Management Division. Information on duplicate payments to contractors by the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Contract Administration Services region in Cleveland, Ohio (GAO/AFMD-85-71). Washington, D.C: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1985.

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Office, United States Government Accountability. Contract management: DOD vulnerabilities to contracting fraud, waste, and abuse. Washington, DC (441 G St., NW, Room LM, Washington, 20548): United States Government Accountability Office, 2006.

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United States. Government Accountability Office. Contract management: Opportunities to improve pricing of GSA multiple award schedules contracts : report to the Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C: GAO, 2005.

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Office, General Accounting. Contract management: No DOD proposal to improve contract service costs reporting : report to Congressional Committees. Washington, D.C: The Office, 2001.

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Office, General Accounting. Contract management: DOD begins new effort to improve reporting of contract service costs : report to congressional committees. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1999.

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United States. Government Accountability Office. Contract management: Protégés value DOD's mentor-protege program, but annual reporting to Congress needs improvement : report to Congressional committees. Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007.

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Office, General Accounting. Contract management: High-level attention needed to transform DOD services acquisition : report to congressional committees. Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington, D.C. 20013): U.S. General Accounting Office, 2003.

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United States. Government Accountability Office. Contract management: Increased use of Alaska Native Corporations' special 8(a) provisions calls for tailored oversight : report to Congressional Requesters. Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Defense Contract Administration Services"

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"Defense Contract Management and Policy." In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Third Edition, 1–6. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1081/e-epap3-120052810.

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"Contract Administration and Closeout." In Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies, 269–90. Second edition. | New York : Routledge, 2016.: Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315621791-12.

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"Contract Administration and Closeout." In Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies, 281–302. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420078336-19.

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"Contract Administration and Closeout." In Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies, 249–69. CRC Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420078336.ch12.

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Heath, Joseph. "Taking Public Administration Seriously." In The Machinery of Government, 1–45. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197509616.003.0001.

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This chapter begins with a series of examples that illustrate the power wielded by unelected state officials. This power includes not only discretion but also control over the policy process, as well as the ability to bring pressure to bear upon elected officials. The exercise of this administrative power, far from being an imperfection in the system, contributes a great deal to the quality of public decision-making. But it raises a difficult normative question concerning how unelected officials can wield power in a way that is consistent with the commitment to political neutrality of the permanent civil service and to the more general principles of democratic legitimacy that govern liberal-democratic states. A contrast is drawn between this position and the one defended by Pierre Rosanvallon.

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Ghosh, Nitu, and Fazeelath Tabassum. "Is Psychological Contract Relevant in the Healthcare Sector?" In Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology, 2676–92. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch185.

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Psychological contract describes the non-verbal understandings existing between employee and employer through an unwritten, implied agreement determining future obligations and commitments. This chapter throws light on the concept of psychological contract and facilitate the determination of the significant influence of socio-demographic factors on the psychological contract of doctors and nurses and its impact on their behavioral outcomes. There is a need to assess the mental pressures of professionals at the workplace due to poor working conditions, lack of safety and security, lack of trust and authority to take decisions regarding crucial surgeries, and doctors not being treated with dignity and respect. The data is collected from Senior HR managers and doctors from four major hospitals in the Indian IT hub, Bangalore. Data is analysed adopting qualitative research. The study emphasizes the importance of psychological contract in healthcare sector and significance of HR practices is building commitment and positive behavioral outcomes leading to quality healthcare services.

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Lin, Chad, Yu-An Huang, Chien-Fa Li, Geoffrey Jalleh, and Ying-Chieh Liu. "A Preliminary Study of Key Factors Affecting Management and Evaluation of IT Outsourcing Contracts in Hospitals." In Healthcare Administration, 1258–78. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6339-8.ch069.

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Many hospitals are experiencing pressure to improve their operational efficiency and patient safety due to escalating costs and increased competition. In order to achieve these and other business objectives, hospitals have to outsource some of their Information Technology (IT) functions to external outsourcing contractors. The scope and range of IT-related outsourcing services are also increasing, as evidenced by the promotion of Applications Service Providers (ASP), Business-to-Business (B2B) integration, cloud-drive business and IT services, desktop and helpdesk, IT infrastructure services, and software development outsourcing. However, little attention has been paid by many hospitals to the key factors that affect their IT outsourcing decision-making and negotiation processes. This is important given that the IT outsourcing can play a key role in organizational success. Moreover, contract decision-making and negotiation processes in hospitals are particularly under-studied, especially in the management and evaluation of the IT outsourcing contracts. Hence, the main objectives of this chapter are to: (1) examine and identify some key factors affecting the management and evaluation of IT outsourcing contracts in Taiwanese hospitals; and (2) propose a set of recommendations to overcome or minimize the key issues identified in this study. One contribution of the study is the recommendations provided to deal with issues that are critical in the management and evaluation of IT outsourcing contracts in hospitals.

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Adelman, Rebecca A. "Economies of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury." In Figuring Violence, 137–77. Fordham University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823281671.003.0005.

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This chapter explores the mediation of combat trauma and the reshaping of the people who have experienced it into receptacles for gratitude, pity, and anger. Building from a brief history of PTSD and TBI as diagnostic categories and objects of administrative calculation, the chapter explores how these conditions have become sites of affective investment. Reflecting on the ubiquitous mandate to ‘say thank you to the troops,’ the chapter historicizes the militarization of gratitude. This informs the subsequent analysis of the work of various charitable organizations for veterans. The chapter then analyzes the exacting standards by which the Department of Defense awards Purple Hearts for Traumatic Brain Injury (but refuses them for PTSD). In contrast to the DoD’s decidedly unsympathetic approach to PTSD, David Finkel’s bestselling non-fiction account Thank You for Your Service tracks how PTSD plays out, often violently, in domestic spaces. That book makes PTSD visible through intensely emotional scenes, while research efforts to make TBI clinically legible search for specific signs of the injury on posthumously donated brain tissue. The concluding section offers a different vantage on TBI, reflecting on veterans’ own efforts to make their brains visible to others.

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Debono, Pauline. "Transforming Public Procurement Contracts Into Smart Contracts." In Research Anthology on Blockchain Technology in Business, Healthcare, Education, and Government, 1380–94. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5351-0.ch077.

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The terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works by an economic operator to a governmental entity are set into a public contract that is signed, following a procurement process. This article explores whether the public administration can utilise smart contracts to incorporate the terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works. The fundamental elements of a contract are assessed, in order to determine whether a smart contract can be considered as fulfilling these requirements. Following this assessment, the main hurdles to the use of smart contracting are examined and a possible solution proposed. The case for utilising smart contracting within the realm of public procurement is finally advocated.

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Endicott, Timothy. "15. Contracts." In Administrative Law. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198804734.003.0015.

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Contracts are used to structure the legal relationship between government and private service providers. Besides this, contract also forms a new model both for relationships between public agencies, and for the relationship between the government and the people it serves. The challenge for the government is to deliver services with integrity, with equity, and with efficiency. The challenge for administrative law is to provide forms of accountability that do what the law can do to promote those goals. This chapter discusses government by contract and proportionate administration, accountability and efficiency, capacity to contract, and how the law controls government contracts.

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Conference papers on the topic "Defense Contract Administration Services"

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McFarlane, Wayne G., and Allen Marsollier. "Effective Use of an Alliance to Deliver Pipeline Maintenance Services." In 2002 4th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2002-27394.

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Pipeline companies face a difficult task in cost-effectively managing pipeline maintenance activities. Complexity is introduced due to geographical expanse, remote locations, access to qualified contractors and the desire to hire locally, and contract management of available suppliers. Pipeline companies have traditionally provided maintenance activities through in-house resourcing, or management of a multitude of available contractors. With increasing efforts to focus in-house resources on core pipeline operations, there has been a corresponding shift in moving noncore maintenance activities to outside providers. This has introduced an increase in administration costs associated with supplier qualification activities, document management and payment processing. TransCanada PipeLines Limited has developed a model where core skills have been retained to perform critical activities in-house and less essential services have been contracted out, along with the management of the subcontracts. This model relies on a central dispatch service along with a large base of subcontractors strategically located along our pipeline system to provide these services. The process involves two basic steps — managing subcontractors and performing work. Managing subcontractors is the key to the process. This part of the process proactively provides TransCanada with qualified subcontractors at the right place, the right time and for the best price. This paper will discuss the alliance model we’ve implemented in conjunction with Ledcor Industrial Maintenance Ltd. for contracted services and how this arrangement is crucial to our success in managing maintenance activities cost effectively. We will describe the model, how it was developed and implemented, how it works and some of the benefits that make it a successful contribution to regional operations. We will also discuss some of the key lessons learned. Further details on the process will be presented, along with the bottom-line benefits associated with this type of relationship.

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Barattino, William J., Benjamin J. Cross, D. Jeffrey Smith, Wendi Goldsmith, Scott Foster, Michael Holt, and Paul E. Roege. "The Business Case for SMRs on DOD Installations." In ASME 2011 Small Modular Reactors Symposium. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/smr2011-6552.

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U. S. Federal Agencies have been directed to reduce all use of Fossil Fuel Energy in Buildings by 2030. The Department of Defense (DOD) has additional requirements to significantly reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and achieve energy independence for military installations over the next few decades. Installations are empowered to reach these ambitious goals with execution of long term contracts with service providers for power and industrial processes as long as their operating expenditures are lower than costs of existing services. This paper will explore the business case conditions for how Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) located on U.S. Army installations by a servicing utility could provide a viable energy alternative to the DOD for meeting these objectives. A systems perspective is critical toward understanding the potential for SMRs to enable pursing the parallel objectives of reducing fossil fuel usage, making installations energy self-sufficient, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions with long term operations at lower costs. The potential for meeting greenhouse gas emission goals will be analyzed in terms of quantifying the reductions in current emissions footprint of installations that would be achieved with shifting to non-carbon prime energy sources such as SMRs. Actual costs for meeting the energy needs of Army military installations in the U.S. will form the basis for defining the life cycle cost profiles to enable the base commanders to justify long term services contracts. As with any commercial power plant, the upfront costs for construction and startup testing, combined with lower system operating costs, will provide the basis for analyzing required economic lengths of contracts. To navigate the bumps of any new nuclear system, SMR power generating plants must be structured as a “Win-Win” proposition from both private and public sector perspectives. For the private investor, the contract must be constructed to allow for recovery of capital and operating costs by private investors with sufficient return on investment to undertake this type of business opportunity. For the government to engage in the deal, the contract must conform to capital lease requirements for federal contracts, but also demonstrate sufficient savings over existing leased utility services to enable execution of the contract by the military base. A systems approach that addresses life cycle costs at this early stage for SMRs will provide critical insight for Megawatt level power generating systems servicing small towns and communities similar in size to a military base. With the economic framework sufficiently defined to enable public sector commitments, program funding may be more forthcoming for completing SMR development, licensing and permitting phases on a prudent but expedited timeframe.

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Barattino, William J., Scott Foster, and James Spaulding. "The U.S. Federal Market as an Early Adopter of SMRs." In ASME 2014 Small Modular Reactors Symposium. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/smr2014-3331.

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The Federal Government accounts for about 2% of energy usage within the United States, with electricity accounting for approximately one-fifth of this usage. The Department of Defense (DOD) is the largest energy consumer across all Federal Agencies, accounting for nearly half of total use and has implemented programs to assure sustainable energy supplies for meeting mission critical operations. As prototype systems of Small Modular Reactors mature during the remainder of this decade, there is growing interest at senior levels of government to use the secure confines of military bases for electricity generated with SMRs to service power requirements of the DOD base and possibly the surrounding communities. This paper explores the potential for using DOD as an early adopter of SMRs from perspectives of the size of the market and adaptability of the current procurement process for private ownership of SMRs on military bases. Such an approach is shown to be consistent with DOD Sustainability objectives, as well as ensuring a continuation of the projected erosion of diversity mix for prime power generation within the U.S. A review of contract types for energy services are evaluated from the perspective of including SMRs. Required modifications for SMRs to be a part of this energy mix for Federal Agencies are presented.

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Reports on the topic "Defense Contract Administration Services"

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Granetto, Paul J., Richard B. Bird, James L. Kornides, John K. Issel, and Clarence E. Knight III. Financial Management: Reopening of Contracts in the Mechanization of Contract Administration Services System. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada409451.

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Alten, Susan E., and Gordon M. Hodgson. Modeling of MOCAS (Mechanization of Contract Administration Services System) Phase 2 Batch Processing. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, December 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada205017.

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Morrow, David, Jesse Ellman, Gregory Sanders, and Luke Heselden. An Analysis of Department of Defense Services Contract Trends, 1990-2011. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, December 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada573885.

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