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Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches. Mark V. Arena [and 11 others].

Title
Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches. Volume 6 : Contractor motivations and anticipating breaches / Mark V. Arena [and 11 others].
Author
Arena, Mark V.
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014]

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Additional Authors
  • National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation.
Description
xxvi, 108 pages; 26 cm
Summary
With an eye to making defense acquisition more effective and efficient, the authors explore defense contractor motivations in pursuing defense contracts and identify mechanisms that might more closely align those incentives with Department of Defense goals. They enumerate several motivations that drive contractors, most of which center on the financial aspects of running an enterprise. Then, they turn to the other side of the negotiating table and identify areas of influence or levers that the government can use to align the contracting process more closely with contractor motivations. They also analyze major defense acquisition programs to determine if it is possible to identify programs that might incur a future Nunn-McCurdy breach by reviewing a number of acquisition programs that have incurred breaches in the past and analyzing them for common characteristics. Their analytic framework enables oversight officials to identify programs with a greater risk of incurring a critical cost breach, which enables officials to focus more intently on a smaller set of programs and which provides hypotheses about what to look for in these programs.
Subject
  • United States. Department of Defense > Costs
  • Public contracts > United States > Auditing
  • United States > Costs
  • United States > Costs
Note
  • "National Defense Research Institute."
  • "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary Of Defense."
  • "MG-1171/6-OSD."
  • Volumes 1-2 have base title: Root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Contractor incentives -- A methodology for anticipating Nunn-McCurdy breaches -- Concluding observations.
ISBN
  • 0833087398
  • 9780833087393
OCLC
892432143
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library