EFFICIENCIES IN EXPERTISE
The proposed final survey was submitted to USAASC for comment, concurrence, and release to a random selection of AAC members at large. The final survey was released on June 12, 2011, and closed on June 28. The population size was 5,174 with 638 total responses received, for an approximate response rate of 12.3 percent.
In Phase III, analysis of results from the final survey made it possible to provide USAASC with findings and recommen- dations on how to increase the Army workforce’s awareness and utilization of FFRDCs and UARCs.
The survey results showed a need to educate the workforce on FFRDCs and UARCs. Approximately 53 percent of the workforce had never heard of these facili- ties, and 57 percent had never contracted with them. The need for education was especially apparent given that 90 per- cent of those who had used FFRDCs and UARCs would recommend them to others.
Two of the top three FFRDCs used by survey respondents are not sponsored by DoD and require additional docu- ments and steps to approve their use. The requirements of some projects may also preclude the use of FFRDCs and UARCs.
Survey participants recommended three ways to disseminate information to the workforce about FFRDCs and UARCs:
1. An email broadcast. 2. Creation of an informational website. 3. An article published in a recognized periodical for the community at large.
CONCLUSION Use of FFRDCs and UARCs provides opportunities for efficiencies in the acquisition process, bringing expertise to programs that does not increase permanent
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staffing and providing alternate paths to technology requirements and options. In addition, the use of FFRDCs and UARCs helps to maintain the industrial base and intellectual knowledge that the acquisi- tion community requires.
BOB DOMITROVICH is a Senior Excel- lence in Government Fellow (EIGF) and Operations Division Deputy for the Close Combat Weapon Systems Project Office of Program Executive Office (PEO) Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, AL. He holds a B.S. in engineering from the United States Military Academy and an M.S. in business administration and management from the Chaminade University. Domitrovich is a retired Army Infantry Lieutenant Colonel. He is Level III certified in program manage- ment and is a U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) member.
KERRY HENRY is a Senior EIGF and Chief of the Technology and Prototyping Division for Project Director Joint Services Office within PEO Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. She holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State Uni- versity, an M.S. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and an M.B.A from the Florida Institute of Technology. She is Level III certified in sys- tems planning, research, development, and engineering – systems engineering; Level II certified in systems planning, research, devel- opment, and engineering – program systems engineer; and Level I certified in program management. Henry is an AAC member.
DANA LYMON is a Senior EIGF and a Program Analyst in the Apache Helicopter Project Management Office of PEO Aviation, Redstone Arsenal. He holds a B.S. in busi- ness administration from Mississippi Valley State University and an M.S. in program management from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Graduate School of Business and
DIGITAL RESEARCH
A subject’s face is digitally cloned at the Univer- sity of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, a University-Affiliated Research Center. The digital image will represent a Sol- dier’s face in the Virtual Officer Leadership Trainer. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of the Insti- tute for Creative Technologies.)
Public Policy. He is Level III certified in business cost estimating and financial man- agement, and Level III certified in program management. Lymon is an AAC member.
RYAN MCCAULEY is a Senior EIGF and a Mission Contracting Office Division Chief at Mission and Installation Contract- ing Command, Fort Eustis, VA. He holds a B.S. in governmental administration from Christopher Newport University and an M.S. in management from the Florida Insti- tute of Technology. He is Level III certified in contracting and is an AAC member.
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