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Architecture for Issuing DoD Mobile Derived Credentials
… a newly created CA, which would reside on the DoD network and be used to approve and sign the derived credentials. Additionally, this thesis demonstrates the prototype implementations of the two software generated derived credential architectures using CAC authentication and outlines the …
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CASE STUDY OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOD
The Department of Defense (DOD) and its components have been pushing to consolidate their information technology infrastructure in order to reduce cost and waste of unused resources and increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and security of the infrastructure. Technology Services Organization …
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Concept of operations and the DoD architecture framework
… Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) outline lengthy descriptions that are cumbersome in the early stages of a system's development. The DoDAF Operational Viewpoint was analyzed in depth to distill the important information relevant to operations. This information was built into …
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The explication of process-product relationships in DoD-STD-2167 and DoD-STD-2168 via an Augmented Data Flow Diagram model
… analysis to the process-product relationships in DoD-STD-2l67 and DoD-STD-2l68. In support of the analysis, Augmented Data Flow Diagrams are introduced as an effective tool for concisely capturing the information in both standards. The results of the analysis offer a deeper insight into the …
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An Analysis of the DoD Certification and Accreditation Process
The Department of Defense (DoD) current strategic vision is to ensure that information superiority is maintained across the full spectrum of operations. Hence, one of the greatest challenges facing this vision is to secure the information infrastructure. Protection of the infrastructure entails the …
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A data warehouse architecture for DoD healthcare performance measurements
… a Data Warehouse of healthcare metrics. With the DoD healthcare system undergoing significant changes, the ability for senior healthcare officials to have access to a wide range of management information in one central data repository can greatly enhance their decision making capabilities. This …
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Workforce Motivation in 1983: a review for DOD policy implication
… in management and suggests improvements for DOD consideration.
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Financing the DOD acquisition budget: innovative uses of public-private partnerships
… financing options in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide increased capability to the warfighter in todayb2ss exigent military environment. Further, this project compares the history of Public-Private Partnerships in the U.S. Government with the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defense …
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DoD depot-level maintenance : factors to consider in public/private competition
… arsenals and depots have traditionally provided DoD with a controlled source of depot-level maintenance capability. With the Cold War over and a shift in national priorities, DoD looks for cost savings and improved efficiency to save its shrinking budget dollars. As it looks for new ways of doing …
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DOD Mission Engineering and Integration Explorative-Exploitative Architecture for Technology Innovation
… challenges in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) technological innovation in a context of global security and rapid pace of global competitiveness continue to reveal many shortcomings in current weapon systems development and acquisition practice. As the pace of technological innovation is …
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Practical matters for defense contractors converting DoD technology to commercial markets
… and institutional learning obtained from DoD funded R&D to commercial markets. There are numerous examples of very successful defense conversion in U.S. history, such as the computer and internet. This phenomenon however, is not commonplace and the original developer of the military …
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Improved affordability in DoD acquisitions through strategic management of systemic cost risk
… Programs (MDAPs) in the Department of Defense (DoD) have exceeded on average between 20% and 506% of their life cycle cost estimates, which are official expectations of actual program costs prior to completion. Despite numerous DoD acquisition reform efforts and implementation of sophisticated …
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Reduced DoD product development time : the role of the schedule development process
According to the Packard Commission, "Unreasonably long acquisition cycles -- ten to fifteen years for major weapon systems is a central problem from which most other acquisition Problems stem." Since the commission issued its report in 1986, the time required to develop new military systems has …
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Re-Architecting the DoD acquisition process : a transition to the information age
… is the midst of significant change, due to the DoD transformation guidance and movement to Network-Centric Warfare/Operations. Unfortunately, both the guidance given, roadmaps produced and the level of espoused support for the transformation have caused fundamental change to occur slowly and at …
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Creating DoD program success through program management leadership and trust-based relationships
… in which he or she operates. Actors within the DoD Acquisition System are trained on process routines but are not adequately trained on enablers such as leadership and communication, which build a capability to intelligently execute the routine. Intelligent application of the process routine …
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IMPROVING USSOCOM ANALYSIS TO ACCURATELY COMMUNICATE SOF'S VALUE PROPOSITION AND INFORM DOD RESOURCE ALLOCATION
… and inform the Department of Defense’s (DOD) resource allocation. This thesis aims to identify potential solutions USSOCOM can implement to improve the quality of its analytic outputs that support the annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submission as part of the Planning, …
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Transforming the DoD test and evaluation enterprise to enable unmanned autonomous systems of systems
Many US Department of Defense (DoD) systems operate within a systems of systems construct, which present many challenges and will be ever increasing for test and evaluation of unmanned autonomous systems of systems. Challenges include emergent behaviors along with resource limitations that will …
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Energy Resiliency: How DoD can become Energy Resilient and Still Meet its Renewable Energy Goals
The DoD has several new authorities it can use to help it prioritize renewable energy development by weighing the benefits unique to these sources, but it requires the DoD to create new energy resiliency metrics and installation resiliency plans; modify its traditional cost-benefit analysis to …
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COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF COLORLESS APPROPRIATIONS IN NAVY AND DOD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAMS
Modernization of the Defense Acquisition Management and federal budget appropriation systems is necessary to ensure technological warfighting advantage, particularly in support of the Department of Defense’s software and cyber transition to a Development Operations (DEVOPS)/Development Security …
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A framework of methods and process improvements to better align technology development with DoD space enterprise priorities
… matured for future acquisition programs. For the DoD Space Enterprise, research and development occur across a myriad of government laboratories, Federally Funded Research & Development Centers, other government agencies, academia, and industry. This work is governed through many different …
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