by Joe Katzman | Sep 29, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, Policy - Personnel, Support Functions - Other, USA
J&E Associates, Inc. in Silver Spring, MD received a $5.5 million time & materials contract for the New Parent Support Program, to assist Marines and their families as they prepare to integrate a child into the home. The contract includes 3 option years,...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 28, 2006 | Conferences & Events
Today’s edition of DID is rather foreshortened, as I’ve just returned from the “Transformation for Effective Sustainment” conference in Monterey, California. DID has consistently covered issues like the emergence of through-life support...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 28, 2006 | Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Transformation, USA
The US Government Accountability Office is designed to be an independent breaucracy that offers audits and assessments of US government operations. This includes the defense field, and while their reports are at times disputed, they nonetheless offer important input...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 27, 2006 | Boeing, Budgets, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Transport & Utility, USA
Still going…(click to view full) DID has offered a lot of C-17 coverage recently, including the Lexington Institute’s scathing characterization of the impending production line shutdown as “The Dumbest Weapons Decision of the Decade” as well as...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 27, 2006 | Corporate Innovations
Beginning on October 1, 2006, the USAF has announced that Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) will assume responsibility for sustainment across the force, becoming the USAF executive agent for programming, budgeting and execution. In practical terms, it means that money...
