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Working Papers

Origins of the DoD Office of the Inspector General

ONTOS: Civilian Control, Economy, and the Defense of Europe

The Evolution of DoD Directive 5000.1 Aquisition Management Policy 1971-2003

The Mark II Avionics System

Interviews

Dr. Frederic M. Scherer (June 7, 2006)

Charles B. Cochrane (Sep 21, 2004)

Dr. David L. McNicol (Sep 15, 2004)

Maj. Gen. Charles R. Henry (July 14, 2004)

Dr. Harold Brown (Jan 28, 2004)

General Lew Allen (Jan 22, 2003)

Paul R. Ignatius (Jan 20, 2003)

Dr. Jacques S. Gansler (Sep 12, 2002)

Dr. John L. McLucas (Jun 5, 2001)

Research Aids

Consolidated List of Sources on Defense Acquisition, 1945-2003, prepared by Dr. J. Ronald Fox

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Case Study Bibliography

Oral History Finding Aids are sorted alphabetically by interviewee last name. Select the first letter of the last name for the interviewee you are looking for from the following list:
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Reports and Research Material

The documents included in this section are provided to researchers as a courtesy.  The members of the Defense Acquisition History project team did not have a role in the preparation of these reports.  Some of the documents that appear below were previously unavailable in electronic form.  The inclusion of these sources should not be inferred as an endorsement of the contents therein by the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Center of Military History, or the members of the Defense Acquisition History Project Team. 

Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) Project [final report issued January 2006]

DAPA Project List of Documents [available through the Defense Acquisition University library]

Acquisition 2005 Task Force Final Report: Shaping the Civilian Acquisition Workforce of the Future (October 2005) PDF

Stan Soloway, Defense Reform Update for Secretary of Defense William Cohen (November 1999) PDF

Program Manager Oversight of Lifecycle Support, Report of the DoD Program Manager Oversight of Life Cycle Study Group (October 1999) PDF

Critical Issues in the Defense Acquisition Culture: Government and Industry Views from the Trenches (Defense Systems Management College, December 1994).  Copy provided courtesy of Dr. J. Ronald Fox. PDF

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Defense Management Report (July 1989) PDF

C.M. Culver, Federal Government Procurement – An Uncharted Course Through Turbulent Waters (National Contract Management Association, 1985).  Reprinted with the kind permission of the National Contract Management Association. PDF

Bibliography on Government Procurement and Contractual Procedure and Related Material (Law Branch, U.S. Army Library, March 1954 revision). PDF