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2nd Annual
Acquisition Research Symposium
May 18 -
19, 2005
Monterey,
California
This symposium provided a forum for
presentation and promotion of acquisition research carried out under the Naval
Postgraduate School’s Acquisition Research Program.
Speakers and panelists
included:
John J. Young, Jr. –
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development & Acquisition
Rear Admiral Martin Brown, US
Navy – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Acquisition)
David A.
Drabkin – Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer,
Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services Administration
Dr. Jacques S. Gansler
– former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics;
presently Vice President for Research, Director and Roger C. Lipitz Chair,
Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, School of Public Policy at
the University of Maryland
Rear Admiral Charles S.
Hamilton II, US Navy – Program Executive Officer for Ships (PEO SHIPS)
Dr. Steven J. Kelman –
former Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget; presently Professor of Public Management, John
F. Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Michael F. McGrath
– Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, Testing and
Evaluation)
Richard W. McKinney –
Director, Space Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air
Force
Brigadier General Roger A.
Nadeau, US Army – Commanding General, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Stan Z. Soloway –
President, Professional Services Council and former Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition Reform)
Format: The symposium
is organized into both plenary and concurrent panels in several tracks:
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• Acquisition Research
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• Collaborative Technologies |
| • Market Based Acquisition |
• Issues in Program Management |
| • Performance Measurement and Acquisition
Metrics |
•Budgeting, Financial andCost Management
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• Contract Management
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Sponsors: NPS Acquisition Research Program, Graduate School of Business and
Public Policy and Naval Postgraduate
School
Synopsis: This
symposium provides a forum for presentation and promotion of acquisition
research carried out under the Naval Postgraduate School’s Acquisition Research
Program. Established in 2002, this program provides leadership in innovation,
creative problem solving and an on-going dialogue, contributing to the evolution
of Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition strategies. Objectives of the NPS
Acquisition Research Program include:
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Establishing acquisition research as an
integral part of policy-making for Department of Defense officials.
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Creating a stream of relevant information
concerning the performance of DOD acquisition policies with viable
recommendations for continuous process improvement.
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Preparing the workforce to participate in
the continued evolution of the defense acquisition process.
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Collaboration among universities, think
tanks, industry and Government in acquisition research.
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