Research Catalog

Title

Charting the course for a new Air Force inspection system / Frank Camm, Laura Werber, Julie Kim, Elizabeth Wilke, Rena Rudavsky ; prepared for the United States Air Force.

Author

Camm, Frank A., 1949-

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Project Air Force (U.S.), sponsoring body.
• United States. Air Force

Description

xxiii, 149 pages; 28 cm

Summary

The Air Force relies on inspections by the Inspector General and assessments and evaluations by functional area managers to ensure that all wings comply with Air Force standards and are ready to execute their contingency missions. These oversight activities have grown dramatically over time, and the Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force-wide effort to reduce this burden while also improving the quality of oversight that the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to collect and assess data on the inspection system and to identify effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force inspection system might emulate. Through a review of such external inspection practices as the Air Force Culture Assessment Tool program (AFCAST), the Air Force Climate Survey, and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection system; an investigation of Air Force personnel's experiences in the field; and a review of literature on topics including leadership and organizational change, RAND formulated recommendations tailored to each of SAF/IG's five major inspection system goals: (1) choosing a better inspection interval, (2) reducing the inspection footprint, (3) increasing the emphasis on self-inspections and self-reporting, (4) introducing the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI), and (5) introducing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). RAND's research and recommendations are detailed in this report.

Series Statement

Technical report ; TR-1291-AF

Uniform Title

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1291-AF.

Subject

• Aeronautics, Military > United States > Safety measures
• United States. Air Force > Inspection
• United States. Air Force > Reorganization
• United States. Air Force > Safety measures
• United States. Office of the Inspector General

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Choosing a better inspection interval -- Reducing the inspection footprint -- Shift in relative emphasis of external inspection and wing self-reporting -- Introducing the new unit effectiveness inspection (UEI) -- Introducing the management internal control toolset (MICT) -- Implementation of significant change in the inspection system -- Recommendations.

ISBN

• 9780833077042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 083307704X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013019228

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library