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04795aam a2200517Mi 4500 001 593D04A00B6411EAA467CE0D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191120010135 008 170331s2018 caua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1977400892 020 $a 9781977400895 035 $a (OCoLC)1056230810 040 $a RSM $b eng $c RSM $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a UC263 $b .B65 2018 082 04 $a 355.62120973 $2 23 100 1 $a Boito, Michael. 245 10 $a Expanding operating and support cost analysis for major programs during the DoD acquisition process : $b legal requirements, current practices, and recommendations / $c Michael Boito, Tim Conley, Joslyn Fleming, Alyssa Ramos, Katherine Anania. 264 1 $a Santa Monica, CA : $b RAND, $c 2018. 300 $a xvii, 103 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 530 $a Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. 536 $a Office of the Secretary of Defense. $b HQ0034-16-D-0001 520 $a The Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 established the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and mandated a broad set of cost analysis duties, including conducting independent cost estimates (ICEs) and independent cost assessments (ICAs) for major defense acquisition programs at key acquisition milestones. Subsequent laws have mandated additional duties, especially related to program operating and support (O&S) costs, including requirements to conduct or approve life-cycle cost estimates early in acquisition, identify risk drivers in estimates at milestone decisions, and examine alternatives that may reduce O&S costs. The authors assessed the cost analysis requirements for O&S costs by reviewing relevant laws and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) guidance; assessed the resources available to conduct the analyses, including numbers of cost-estimating personnel, the data typically available to inform cost analyses, and cost-estimating processes and timelines; interviewed government and industry subject-matter experts to understand past and current DoD cost-analysis activities; reviewed the literature; and developed recommendations to improve weapon system O&S cost analysis during the acquisition phase. The authors found that CAPE lacks sufficient personnel and data to perform all the cost activities mandated by law or to do them with rigor. Recommendations include steps to match CAPE personnel levels with the workload and provide cost analysts access to the relevant data, including expertise in product-support activities, needed to inform cost estimates. 500 $a "RAND National Defense Research Institute." 500 $a "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 500 $a "This research was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface (page iii). 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103). 505 0 $a The U.S. Department of Defense Cost Analysis Ecosystem and the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation -- Legal Requirements for CAPE O&S Cost Activities -- CAPE Operating and Support Cost-Estimating Activities, Workload, and Processes -- CAPE Resources for O&S Cost Activities -- Assessment of CAPE's Compliance with Recent Laws Regarding O&S Cost-Estimating Activities -- Recommendations for Meeting CAPE's Statutory Responsibilities for O&S Cost Analysis -- Recommendations for Improving O&S Outcomes in DoD -- Appendix A: O&S Cost Estimates in Selected Acquisition Reports -- Appendix B: Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs Systems -- Appendix C: Synopsis of CAPE's Organizational Predecessors, Role, and Functions. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Defense $x Evaluation. $x Evaluation. 610 17 $a United States. $b Department of Defense. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01852447 650 0 $a Weapons systems $z United States $x Costs. $x Costs. 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Evaluation. $x Evaluation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351866 650 7 $a Weapons systems $x Costs. $x Costs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355326 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 710 2 $a Acquisition and Technology Policy Center. 710 2 $a Rand Corporation. $b National Security Research Division. 710 2 $a Rand Corporation. 710 1 $a United States. $b Office of the Secretary of Defense. $b Office of the Secretary of Defense. 700 1 $a Conley, Tim. 700 1 $a Fleming, Joslyn. 700 1 $a Ramos, Alyssa. 700 1 $a Anania, Kate. 856 41 $u https://doi.org/10.7249/RR2527 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020012749.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=593D04A00B6411EAA467CE0D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search