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OSD's Obligation & Expenditure Rate Goals: An Examination of the Factors Contributing to the Interference.

ADA622975

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Tremaine, R.; Seligman, D. J.
Page Count	20
Abstract	Managing DoD acquisition programs is a complicated process. The turbulence created by funding instability makes it even more difficult. To help program offices maintain their overall funding execution pace, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) instituted Obligation and Expenditure rate goals over two decades ago. Acquisition program managers have found it difficult to meet established Obligation and Expenditure rate goals. For the purposes of this study (sponsored by Nancy Spruill, director of Acquisition Resources and Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) and based on Defense Acquisition University and OSD subject matter expertise, the authors looked closely at potential causal factors that could be interfering with the achievement of these goals. Two hundred and twenty-nine DoD personnel responded to a comprehensive survey. The respondents were comprised of program office personnel (program managers [PMs], deputy PMs, budget and financial managers [FMs], and contracting officers); program executive officers (PEOs) and their chief financial officers; and a variety of senior OSD staff including Headquarters FM senior staff and Senior Acquisition Executive staff. The respondents were asked if they found metrics helpful in better meeting OSD goals as well as the use of any process improvements.
Keywords	Acquisition Budgets Metrics Defense systems Executives Finance Interference Management personnel Officer personnel Personnel Rates Resources Surveys Symposia Expenditures Office of the secretary of defense Goals
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice 96 - Business & Economics 74E - Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies
Corporate Authors	Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, Thursday Sessions, Volume II.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Conference proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	201605

OSD's Obligation & Expenditure Rate Goals: An Examination of the Factors Contributing to the Interference.

OSD's Obligation & Expenditure Rate Goals: An Examination of the Factors Contributing to the Interference.
ADA622975

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Tremaine, R.; Seligman, D. J.
Page Count	20
Abstract	Managing DoD acquisition programs is a complicated process. The turbulence created by funding instability makes it even more difficult. To help program offices maintain their overall funding execution pace, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) instituted Obligation and Expenditure rate goals over two decades ago. Acquisition program managers have found it difficult to meet established Obligation and Expenditure rate goals. For the purposes of this study (sponsored by Nancy Spruill, director of Acquisition Resources and Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) and based on Defense Acquisition University and OSD subject matter expertise, the authors looked closely at potential causal factors that could be interfering with the achievement of these goals. Two hundred and twenty-nine DoD personnel responded to a comprehensive survey. The respondents were comprised of program office personnel (program managers [PMs], deputy PMs, budget and financial managers [FMs], and contracting officers); program executive officers (PEOs) and their chief financial officers; and a variety of senior OSD staff including Headquarters FM senior staff and Senior Acquisition Executive staff. The respondents were asked if they found metrics helpful in better meeting OSD goals as well as the use of any process improvements.
Keywords	Acquisition Budgets Metrics Defense systems Executives Finance Interference Management personnel Officer personnel Personnel Rates Resources Surveys Symposia Expenditures Office of the secretary of defense Goals
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice 96 - Business & Economics 74E - Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies
Corporate Authors	Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Supplemental Notes	Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, Thursday Sessions, Volume II.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Conference proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	201605