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4 Data Science in DoD Acquisition
4 Data Science in DoD Acquisition
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Finally, for several of these acquisition functions, this chapter explores data-informed decision opportunities and identifies accompanying phases in the data life cycle needed to enable or enhance those decisions. OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED DATA USE IN DEFENSE ACQUISITION Frank Kendall, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, echnology and Logistics from 2012 to 2017, was an avid data-informed T decision maker.
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Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE) system and reports such as Selected Acquisition Reports and the Defense Contract Management Agency's Program Assessment Reports have been available as data analytics resources for many years, the committee sought insights regarding access to defense acquisition data in testimony from previous leaders in the DoD acquisition community.
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The better the data and the more competent the workforce, the better the analyses and the better informed the decision maker will be. DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS AND THE DATA LIFE CYCLE One of the challenges in identifying opportunities for applying data science to defense acquisition is that the applications must be deeply embedded in the acquisition functions and processes -- and rightly so (Anton et al.
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• Environmental • Energy 8. Product Support, Logistics, and Sustainment Contracting and Supply-Chain Cost Government contracting officers are obligated to ensure that the government is paying a fair and reasonable price, often using cost insights to establish the final contract price.
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In the future, the data life cycle, as applied to this contracting function, suggests that DoD contracting systems could collect, curate, and
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If a capability was projected to be at the early height of its cost-maturity curve and it was not a vital capability for military operations, the economic analysis would allow decision makers to decide whether or not to delay the acquisition to take advantage of declining prices. These tradeoffs are currently conducted using whatever information is readily available about threat capabilities, technology advancements, and the cost of new technologies.
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Acquisition and Contract-Management Strategies As discussed earlier, Heidi Shyu identified multiple areas where improved data collection, sharing, and analyses would have been helpful to her as she worked to develop successful acquisition strategies. She suggested many areas where she and other decision makers would have benefited from better data.
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Conclusion 4.2: A common data infrastructure and platforms, person nel training and tools, and access to DoD-wide data are major long term data science investments that will have long-term positive impacts on acquisition processes. Conclusion 4.3: Improved data use and the data life cycle could be applied to urgent, high-profile challenges in defense acquisition.
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2021. "Air Force Acquisition Executive Order Unveils Next e-Plane, Publishes Digital Engineering Guidebook." January 29.
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