JANUARY–MARCH 201 2 FEATURES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


MS. HEIDI SHYU Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASAALT)/Army Acquisition Executive


78 THE MATERIALS DIFFERENCE The S&T community seeks to tap the vast potential of new substances for game-changing capabilities in battery power, Soldier protection, and much more


EDITORIAL BOARD


LTG JACK C. STULTZ Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General (CG), U.S. Army Reserve Command


LTG DENNIS L. VIA Deputy CG/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command


LTG ROBERT P. LENNOX U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-8


LTG WILLIAM N. PHILLIPS Director, Army Acquisition Corps and Director, Acquisition Career Management


LTG SUSAN S. LAWRENCE U.S. Army Chief Information Officer/G-6


MG JAMES K. GILMAN CG, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command


MG R. MARK BROWN Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the ASAALT (OASAALT)


WIMPY PYBUS Deputy ASA (DASA) for Acquisition Policy and Logistics, OASAALT


DR. JEFFERY P. HOLLAND Director of Research and Development, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


ROY A. WALLACE Assistant DCS, G-1


THOMAS E. MULLINS DASA for Plans, Programs, and Resources, OASAALT


JAMES C. SUTTON DASA for Services, OASAALT


KEITH B. WEBSTER DASA for Defense Exports and Cooperation, OASAALT


LEE THOMPSON DASA for Strategic Communications and Business Transformation, OASAALT


DR. MARILYN M. FREEMAN DASA for Research and Technology, OASAALT


CARMEN J. SPENCER DASA for Elimination of Chemical Weapons, OASAALT


KIM D. DENVER DASA for Procurement, OASAALT


CRAIG A. SPISAK Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)


NELSON MCCOUCH III Executive Secretary, Editorial Board, USAASC


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CRITICAL THINKING 98 SHARE AND SAVE


Jan R. Frye, VA’s Deputy Assistant for Acquisition and Logistics, sees cost-cutting opportunities in collaboration with DoD


CONTRACTING


102 ‘SEPARATE CONTRACTING FROM ACQUISITION’ Q&A with Dr. Jacques S. Gansler


106 ACCOUNTABILITY IN ACQUISITION


New Milestone Agreement promises more methodical tracking process and better communication


EFFICIENCIES


110 GOING LEAN How Letterkenny Army Depot built a prize-winning culture of process improvement


114 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MILESTONE


U.S. Army General Fund Enterprise Business System goes global


118 CONSTRAINTS AND CONTROLS


PEO/SYSCOM Commanders’ Conference takes an in-depth look at current cost-management challenges and solutions


83 HONORING INNOVATION


Armywide awards program recognizes the greatest inventions of 2010


88 MENDING THE MIND


Multidisciplinary efforts converge to help service members and veterans facing brain injuries


94 S&T CIRCLES THE GLOBE


RDECOM Forward Element Commands find technology solutions, promote theater security cooperation


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