1. Major Events That Shaped Defense Acquisition, 1981-2017
Date: 24 Jun 2017
Presented by: Pat Wills. Dean
Defense Systems Management College,
Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
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2. Major Events That Shaped Defense Systems Acquisition 1981 – 1990
Use slide show and select an event for details.
Links to:
Public Law
External to DoD
DoD
Live Fire Test & Evaluation Required
Packard Commission Interim Report
Weinberger’s Ten Commandments
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
NSDD 219
Military Retirement Reform Act
DOT&E Created
Defense Management Report (DMR)
Packard Commission Final Report
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Nunn-McCurdy Act
Services Create PEOs
Section 800 Panel
Grace Commission Report
Goldwater- Nichols Act
Joint Requirements Management Board (JRMB) Established
JRMB renamed JROC
Defense Acq Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA)
Competitive Prototyping Required
Carlucci Initiatives
Gramm-Hollings-Rudman Act
“New Vision” PMC
Project on Military Procurement Horror Stories
Operation Ill Wind concludes
PMs Of MDAPs Required to Attend PMC at DSMC
OFPP Act Amendments, and Procurement Integrity Act
Competition In Contracting Act
1981
1985
1989
1982
1983
1984
1986
1987
1988
1990

3. Major Events That Shaped Defense Systems Acquisition 1991 – 2000
Use slide show and select an event for details.
Links to:
Public Law
External to DoD
DoD
National Performance Review (NPR)
Deputy USD for Acq Reform Created
SECDEF Perry’s Mandate for Change
Acquisition Reform Process Action Teams
IPT & IPPD Processes Adopted
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Section 800 Panel Report
QDR 1997 Report
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
Defense Reform Initiative (DRI)
Defense Acquisition University Begins Operations
PM Training Restructured
Report on the Bottom-Up Review
Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA)
PM Training Re-engineered
Defense Acquisition Deskbook
Requirements Generation System (RGS)
Single Process Initiative (SPI)
JROC Codified in Title 10
1991
1995
1999
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998
2000

4. Major Events That Shaped Defense Systems Acquisition 2001 – 2010
Use slide show and select an event for details.
Links to:
Public Law
External to DoD
DoD
World Trade Center & Pentagon Attacked
Operation Iraqi Freedom
QDR 2001 Report
QDR 2006 Report
QDR 2010 Report
Services Acquisition Reform Act
Congress Directs Requirements Management Certification Training
Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell (JRAC)
SECDEF Directs Reform of Requirements Generation System
Weapon Sys Acq Reform Act (WSARA)
Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project Report
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
Defense Acq Workforce Development Fund
Joint Defense Capabilities Study (Aldridge Study)
Better Buying Power 1.0
Defense Acquisition Guidebook
2001
2005
2009
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010

5. Major Events That Shaped Defense Systems Acquisition 2011 – 2017
Use slide show and select an event for details.
Links to:
Public Law
DoD
Linking & Streamlining Requirements, Acquisition, & Budget
Authority to Waive Acquisition Laws.
Section 809 Panel Established
QDR 2014 Report
Congress Directs USD(AT&L) Be Eliminated
Better Buying Power 2.0
Better Buying Power 3.0
CCMD Commanders Members of JROC
Requirements Process (JROC) Modified
Middle Tier of Acquisition
Budget Control Act of 2011
Senior Military Acquisition Advisors
Chiefs Role in Defense Acquisition Enhanced
Secretary & Chiefs Designated Customers of Acquisition System
Contract Close Out Authority
2011
2015
2019
2012
2013
2014
2016
2017
2018
2020