| Warfighter Support: DOD Needs Strategic Outcome-Related Goals and Visibility over Its Counter-IED Efforts |
Feb 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Cary Russell; Grace Coleman; Rajiv D'Cruz; Emily Norman; Michael Shaughnessy; Rebecca Shea; Michael Silver; Amie Steele; William M Solis; John Strong; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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 | Over $18 billion has been appropriated to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) to address the improvised explosive device (IED) threat, and there is widespread consensus that this threat will continue to be influential in future conflicts. DoD established JIEDDO in 2006 to lead, advocate, and coordinate all DoD actions in support of the combatant commanders' and their respective joint task forces' efforts to defeat IEDs. This ... |
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| Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Training Integration and Increase Transparency of Training Resources |
JUL 2011 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
John H. Pendleton; Patricia W. Lentini; Brenda M. Waterfield; Randy F. Neice; Meghan E. Cameron; Josph J. Watkins; Rebecca Shea; Joel Grossman; Karen N. Harms; Erik Wilkins-McKee; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| There are several levels of DOD organizations that are involved in ballistic missile defense operations. In general, these organizations can be categorized into "tiers" as shown in the figure below: Integrating training is training that includes live participants from more than one tier and/or multiple organizations from within the same tier. Live participants refer to personnel who participate in the exercises using equipment that requires them to operate as they ... |
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| Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Program Management, Policy, and Testing to Enhance Ability to Field Operationally Useful Non-lethal Weapons |
Apr-2009 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Davi M D'Agostino; Rebecca Shea; Rae Ann Sapp; Sally Newman; Gregory Marchand; David F Keefer; James Driggins; Grace A Coleman; Scott Clayton; Sandra Burrell; Joseph Kirschbaum; Jena Whitley; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Nonlethal weapons (NLW) provide an alternative when lethal force is undesirable. The Department of Defense (DoD) defines NLW as those that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. DoD created the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program in 1996 to have centralized responsibility for the development of NLW and coordinate requirements among the ... |
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| Human Capital. Corps of Engineers Needs to Update Its Workforce Planning Process to More Effectively Address Its Current and Future Workforce Needs |
01-May-2008 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Anu K Mittal; Jamie A Roberts; Grant Mallie; Nisha Hazra; Diana C Goody; William Doherty; Nancy Crothers; Tania Calhoun; Vondalee R Hunt; Rebecca Shea; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Corps strategic human capital plan is out of date and not aligned with the agency's most recent strategic plan. Although the human capital plan was aligned with the agency's strategic plan when both plans were developed in 2002, the human capital plan has not been revised since then to reflect the agency s current strategic plan, which changed significantly when it was redrafted in 2005. Corps headquarters officials told ... |
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| Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Could Benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative Requirements |
SEP 2007 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Janet St. Laurent; Margaret Morgan; Deborah Colantonio; Alissa Czyz; Nicole Harms; Elizabeth Morris; Brian Pegram; Rebecca Shea; John Townes; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) is required by law to conduct a comprehensive examination of the national defense strategy, force structure, modernization plans, infrastructure, and budget every 4 years, including an assessment of the force structure best suited to implement the defense strategy at a low-to-moderate level of risk. The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), completed in February 2006, represents the first comprehensive review that DoD has undertaken since U.S. ... |
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| Small Business Innovation Research: Agencies Need to Strengthen Efforts to Improve the Completeness, Consistency, and Accuracy of Awards Data |
OCT 2006 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Anu K. Mittal; Cheryl Williams; Bernice H. Dawson; Vondalee R. Hunt; Marcus L. Oliver; Nancy Crothers; Grant Mallie; Gregory Marchand; Rebecca Shea; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was created to increase the use of small businesses to meet federal research needs and commercialize the results of this research. To monitor the program, the Small Business Administration (SBA) requires participating agencies to provide, in a standard format, specific data on all SBIR awards they make. SBA then compiles these data into a database known as Tech-Net. Congress also required SBA to ... |
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| Military Training: Management Actions Needed to Enhance DOD's Investment in the Joint National Training Capability |
AUG 2006 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Janet St. Laurent; Laura Durland; Fred Harrison; Joe Faley; Bonita Anderson; Angela Watson; Yong Song; Kevin Keith; Susan Ditto; Rebecca Shea; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The extent to which the JNTC initiative is improving joint training overall is unclear because DOD has not yet assessed the program s results; however, GAO s review of five JNTC-enhanced training events found indications of some joint training improvements. Prior GAO work and the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review Report have stressed the importance of performance metrics to gauge program success. While DOD's initial training transformation assessment set a basic ... |
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