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The Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes Report of the Workshop on Technical Strategies for Adoption of Commercial Materials and Processing Standards in Defense Procurement (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Perry Memorandum
Pages 37-42

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... GENERAL COUNSEL INSPECTOR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION DIRECTORS OF THE DEFENSE AGENCIES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND SUBJECT: Specifications & Standards - A New Way of Doing Business To meet future needs, the Department of Defense must increase access to commercial state-of-the-art technology and must facilitate the adoption by its suppliers of business processes characteristic of worId-ciass suppliers.
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From page 38...
... In the case of acquisition category ID programs, waivers may be granted by the Component Acquisition Executive, or a designee. The Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, shall determine the specifications and standards to be used for naval nuclear propulsion plants in accordance with Pub.
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From page 39...
... These standards ancl practices shall be considered as alternatives to those military specifications and standards cited in all new contracts expected to have a value of $100,000 or more, and in existing contracts of $500,000 or more having a substantial contract effort remaining to be performed. Pending completion of the language, I encourage the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Directors of the Defense Agencies to exercise their existing authority to use solicitation and contract clause language such as the language proposed in the Process Action Team's report.
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From page 40...
... The Uncler Secretary shall also establish teams to review the federal supply classes and standardization areas to identify candidates for conversion or replacement. Reducing Oversight: I direct the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Directors of the Defense Agencies to reduce direct Government oversight by substituting process controls and non-government standards in place of development and/or production testing and inspection and military-unique quality assurance systems.
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From page 41...
... The Standards Improvement Executives shall assume the responsibilities of the current Standardization Executives, support those carrying out acquisition reform, direct implementation of the military specifications and standards reform program, and participate on the Defense Standards Improvement Council. The Defense Standards Improvement Council shall be the primary coordinating body for the specification and standards program within the Department of Defense and shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Economic Security)
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  • nuclear propulsion
  • component acquisition
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  • naval nuclear
  • acquisition regulation
  • maximum extent
  • milestone decision
  • propulsion plants

  • acquisition category
  • dod instruction
  • defense federal
  • reform program
  • regulation supplement

  • improvement executives
  • commercial specifications
  • improvement council
  • decision authority
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  • defense standards
  • acquisition executive
  • federal acquisition
  • substituting process
  • existing contracts


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