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3 ARL ENHANCED OPTION
Pages 67-77

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... implementation of the Department of Defense's Laboratory Quality Initiatives, proposed in 1993 as a contribution to the Defense Task Force of the Vice President's National Performance Review (Bachkosky, 1993~. (One notable aspect of these initiatives is the use of cooperative agreements for procuring R&D, rather than the procurement contracts now used for this purpose by the Army.)
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From page 68...
... maintain laboratory bench stocks based on manager's assessments rather than demand data; (b) streamline procurement reviews by matching their complexity to that of the business situation, not simply the dollar amount; (c)
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From page 73...
... Intellectual property provisions are negotiable, giving the private sector party an additional incentive to enter into the cooperative agreement. COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT The ARL Enhanced option is the baseline, to which the other options are compared.
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From page 75...
... The ARL Enhanced option, because of its limited contracting, would not have the rich networks of interactions with outside organizations that are built into options using contractors. Recurring Costs and Productivity The ARL Enhanced option involves substantial increases in ARL's ability to improve its cost-effectiveness and productivity.
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From page 76...
... ~r OVER\LL EVALUATION If done properly, with the full implementation of the Laboratory Demonstration Program initiatives and the Laboratory Quality Initiatives, this option could provide the conditions for an better laboratory. It would not be as likely to achieve world-class status or as high a reputation as the other options, which go further in taking advantage of the private sector and modern techniques of laboratory management.
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