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Sep30

Dr. Carter's Memorandum: Better Buying Power: Guidance for Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending (Implications for the Logistics & Materiel Readiness Community)

As I shared with you in my September 26th blog, USD AT&L issued sweeping efficiencies-related Guidance in his 14 Sep 10 "Memorandum for Acquisition Professionals" along with directive memoranda to several key staff elements (the Gu ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-30-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Sep26

Dr. Carter's Memorandum: Better Buying Power: Guidance for Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending

On 14 September, 2010, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Dr. Ashton Carter issued sweeping acquisition Guidance through a "Memorandum for Acquisition Professionals" and signed out directive memo ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-26-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep26

A Quick Reminder that Life Cycle Logistics DAWIA Certification Requirements Change This Week

Just a quick reminder that Level I and II Life Cycle Logistics Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification requirements change this Friday with the start of the new fiscal year. Effective 1 Oct 10, the web-based LOG 103 Relia ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-26-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep21

The Future of Sustainment

I highly commend for your reading an excellent article entitled “How Much Will Sustainment Change?" in the September 2010 issue of Military Logistics Forum magazine (Volume: 4 Issue: 8). In the article, the authors ponder the question: “how m ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-21-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep15

Eighteen New Life Cycle Logistics ACQuipedia Articles

Back in a May I wrote a blog post entitled “ACQuipedia: Another Excellent On-line Resource for the Life Cycle Logstician” in which I shared with you information about the ACQuipedia, and what, at the time, were 26 articles on life cycle logistics ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-15-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep13

Good Things Happening in Huntsville

I commend for your reading a most interesting and comprehensive article in the new October 2010 edition of the Defense Acquisition Review Journal (ARJ) entitled “Performance-Based Life Cycle Product Support (PBL) Strategies:  Enablers for More ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-13-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Sep12

Six Myths About DoD Logistics

1.     Myth #1: Logistics is all about warehousing and transportation. Many in the non-defense private sector, in particular certainly view it as such, and to an extent there is an element of truth in this assumption. Within the Department of De ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-12-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep06

DoD Product Support Assessment Resources and Tools (Part 2)

As I shared with you in my August 25, 2010 blog post, I plan to periodically use this site as a forum to keep you apprised of the planned outputs and deliverables coming out of the DoD Weapon System Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment (P ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-06-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep01

Acquisition Community Connection Welcomes its 100,000th Member!

On August 21, 2010, the DoD Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) achieved a significant milestone, welcoming its 100,000th member. A Major in the the Army Reserve Active Guard Reserve (AAGR) helped DAU reach the important benchmark for this ra ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-01-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post