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Aug30

Secretary of Defense 2010 Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Awards Selection

On 28 Aug 2010, the Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics announced the winners of the 2010 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Awards. A copy of the announcement memo “2010 Secretary of De ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-30-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Aug26

Implications for the Product Support Manager (PSM) of New Government Performance of Critical Acquisition Functions Policy Memo

Per an August 25, 2010 Acting USD AT&L policy memorandum entitled “Government Performance of Critical Acquisition Functions”, the new Product Support Manager (PSM) position will be designated as a Key Leadership Position (KLP), a subset of C ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-26-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Aug25

DoD Product Support Assessment Resources and Tools

As regular readers of this blog are no doubt by now well aware, DoD issued a seminal document in November 2009 entitled Weapon System Acquisition Reform: Product Support Assessment (PSA). According to Dr. Carter, (Under Secretary of Defense for ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-25-10 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug20

Thanks for the Memories, Fort Monmouth

It has been my distinct pleasure over the last five years to regularly travel to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to teach Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Life Cycle Logistics courses to US Army CECOM (Communications-Electronics Command) Life Cycl ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-20-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug17

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Announces Integration of Personnel into DoD Life Cycle Logistics Workforce

In a 6 Aug 10 memorandum, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Director of Acquisition Management announced that  “beginning in October 2010, DLA will implement a long-term  strategy to assimilate approximately 3,000 employees into the (defense acqu ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-17-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug10

Secretary Gates Efficiencies Initiative Announcement

According to an August 9, 2010 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) press release, “Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced a series of initiatives designed to reduce overhead, duplication, and excess in the Departmen ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-10-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug09

Product Support Boundaries

Back on September 23, 2004, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (USD AT&L) issued a policy memo entitled “Product Support Boundaries” outlining a series of Product Support Boundaries designed to ensure in ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-09-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug06

Life Cycle Logistics Learning Asset Quality

Wanted to share some perspectives with you on the quality of our DAU web-based life cycle logistics distance learning courses and continuous learning modules. First off, we take student feedback very seriously, and consider your comments and recom ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-06-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug04

Cost Growth - Perception and Reality

I commend for your reading an excellent article in the current July 2010 edition of the Defense Acquisition Review Journal entitled “Cost Growth: Perception and Reality.” In the article, the author contends that “everyone agrees that rising weap ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-04-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug02

Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Frequently Asked Questions

As you are no doubt aware, DoD Instruction 5000.02 Enclosure 2 mandates that “life-cycle sustainment planning shall be considered during Materiel Solution Analysis, and shall mature throughout Technology Development” and directs that a “Life Cyc ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-02-10 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post