Submitted by GPierre on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 15:03
The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, was a professor and held the Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; he was also the Director of the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise. As the third-ranking civilian at the Pentagon from 1997–2001, Dr. Gansler was responsible for all research and development, acquisition reform, logistics, advanced technology, environmental security, defense industry, and numerous other security programs.
Submitted by TFryer on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 20:12
In this report, the authors look back at history, noting that the Department of Defense (DoD) has made numerous attempts to reform its acquisition system over the last 50 years, but that these and similar reforms have produced only modest improvements.
Submitted by sfreidus on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 11:42
Submitted by rgordon on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 15:12
On behalf of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, we are pleased to present this report, Beyond Business as Usual: Improving Defense Acquisition through Better Buying Power, by Zachary S Huitink and David M Van Slyke, Syracuse University.
Submitted by rgordon on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 11:08
With the movement of government activities to leverage cloud computing, government agencies are now increasingly writing and negotiating contracts with cloud service providers. While agencies have been writing and negotiating contracts for many years, contracts for cloud services present a special set of challenges. In this important report, Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss present a detailed analysis of 12 major issues that need to be addressed in all cloud contracts.
Submitted by rgordon on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 14:38
Our aim is to produce research and analysis that helps government leaders more effectively respond to their mission and management challenges.
The IBM Center is named "The Business of Government" because its focus is the management and operation of government, not the policies of government. Public sector leaders and managers need the best, most practical advice available when it comes to delivering the business of government. We seek to “bridge the gap” between research and practice by helping to stimulate and accelerate the production of actionable research.
Submitted by rgordon on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 14:15
