Are law and policy clear and consistent?
Subtitle: roles and responsibilities of the defense acquisition executive and the chief information officer
By: Daniel Gonzales ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Series: RAND Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780833049704
Subjects: Defense contracts; United States. Department of Defense. Chief Information Officer; United States; Procurement; United States. Department of Defense; Chief information officers; Legal status, laws
Description: The roles and responsibilities of defense acquisition officers and Department of Defense (DoD) chief information officers are governed by U.S. laws and specified in more detail by a growing and complex body of DoD policy. The authors identify policy governing the design, acquisition, and integration of information technology (IT) and national security systems (NSS) that could lead to potential conflicts among these executives when they exercise their duties in the defense acquisition system. They examine the sources of these conflicts, and find that conflicts in the DoD acquisition process have occurred in the areas of setting IT standards and developing an IT architecture. Recent changes in DoD policy have reduced the potential for conflict in IT architecture development; however, the potential for conflict remains in the DoD standard-setting process. The authors recommend changes to DoD policy that can resolve these conflicts. --From publisher description.
Notes: Also available online.

"MG-958-NAVY."

"The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).

Also available online.

Prepared for the United States Navy W74V8H-06-C-0002