The Army Research Laboratory Alternative Organizational and Management Options (1994) / Chapter Skim
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This study assesses organizational and management options for ARL, focusing on four distinct options in addition to the status quo, ranging from an enhancement of ARL's administrative procedures within the current setting to the contracting out of the entire program, including management. It evaluates these options in terms of the following criteria: linkage to Army strategies and objectives; potential to perform world-class land warfare research; diversity and quality of research sources; technology transfer to the Army; ability to leverage funds and programs of organizations outside ARL; and ability to improve productivity with respect to recurring costs.
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The intent of the laboratory demonstration was best summarized by the Federal Advisory Commission on Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories in 1992: The goal of the Lab Demo Program is to increase local management authority and flexibility to approach that of a GOCO laboratory while retaining the advantages of closer customer ties enjoyed by DOD laboratories. ARL is intended to be the Army's flagship laboratory under the authority of a single civilian director, performing long-range research not linked directly to Army systems.
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These business areas are primarily supported with DOD funding categories 6. ~ (basic research)
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APG = Aberdeen Proving Ground NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration WSMR = White Sands Missile Range FIGURE I-1 ARL organizational chart. Weapons Technology (WT)
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e ~ ~ ~ · "d ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ satisfy, developing a research and technology program, executing funded basic research and exploratory development, and transitioning the scientific knowledge or technology to customers.
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The future ARE will need to work directly with Army acquisition program managers to attain horizontal technology integration and with the AMC's RDECs on system-specific
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The Committee's Approach in assessing ARL and comparing the four organizational and management options, the committee has sought to sweep away old preconceptions about what is or is not possible in improving military acquisition. That fresh perspective has revealed extraordinary opportunities.
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1993. Briefing by Richard Vitali, Acting Director, Army Research Laboratory to the Committee on Alternative Futures for the Army Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1993.
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