The US Defense Acquisition Workforce Since the Cold War

Sharp examines the US Defense Acquisition Workforce's (DAW) history since the late 1980s to highlight critical policy and political choices. Quantitative analysis of the workforce and three key sub-agencies will be presented to distill important trends. A review of current reform initiatives wi...

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Published inDefense & security analysis Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 81 - 98
Main Author Sharp, Travis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.03.2010
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Armed Forces
Cold War
Computers
Defense spending
Fraud
Government agencies
Historical analysis
Military policy
United States of America
War
Workforce planning
United States > US
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Summary:Sharp examines the US Defense Acquisition Workforce's (DAW) history since the late 1980s to highlight critical policy and political choices. Quantitative analysis of the workforce and three key sub-agencies will be presented to distill important trends. A review of current reform initiatives will be followed by three recommendations about how the Department of Defense can add up to 19,200 DAW employees by 2015 in accordance with goals set by President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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ISSN:1475-1798
1475-1801
DOI:10.1080/14751791003658594