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May 24 2024
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May 2018 Hot Topics

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics

Army DACM Office Updates: Reminder: FY19 DAU registration is open NOW! Go claim your seat before they’re gone!  New Acquisition Pre-Command Policy Alert: As of April 2, there is a…

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Sep 20 2024
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Latest DACM newsletter jam-packed with information

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics, General

Fort Belvoir, Va. (April 30, 2018)—The April issue of the DACM Newsletter, posted today, is filled with the latest news and updated information about Army acquisition career development. Preparing for…

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Mar 14 2019
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Weight Kills Programs, Too

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

John T. Dillard, Col., USA (Ret.) In the famous Boeing 777 development program of the 1990s, United Airlines was contractually permitted to penalize Boeing at $500 per pound, per airplane,…

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Mar 14 2019
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Been there, done that

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Been there, done that: The weight thing Those ugly extra pounds—or even grams—can derail your program or product. by John T. Dillard, Col., USA (Ret.) I can honestly say that…

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Mar 14 2019
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From idea to front line in record time

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

How to speed acquisition timelines through the power of innovative thinking. by Lt. Col. Mark P. Henderson Through innovative thinking and process improvement, the Army Acquisition Corps successfully transformed airborne…

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Mar 14 2019
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Advancing acquisition

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

FROM THE ARMY ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE BRUCE D. JETTE As the Army focuses on modernizing without delay in its six priority areas, the acquisition culture must change by embracing certain key…

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Aug 13 2018
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April - June 2108 issue of Army AL&T

Modernization issue of Army AL&T online now

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

By Mary Kate Aylward Fort Belvoir, Va. (April 17, 2018)—Modernization is the talk of the Army. The latest issue of Army AL&T magazine will catch you up on the details…

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Jun 25 2018
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All together, now!

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

The Manned Mounted Platform Radiological Detection System represents an alternative acquisition approach with uncommon collaboration across stakeholders, early and often. by Mr. Valentin Novikov and Lt. Col. Kelley Litzner Army…

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Jun 25 2018
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Listen closely

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Can the Army transition to an IP-based voice architecture? Lessons learned when Fort Leonard Wood went to an all-IP phone system will help. by Mr. Alberto Dominguez, Mr. Willie Matthews…

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Jun 25 2018
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Just rewards

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development

  One of the simplest but most important ways to honor AAW achievements is through awards. In the previous issue of Army AL&T, I discussed different ways in which supervisors…

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Jun 25 2018
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Then and Now: Long-range for the modern age

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Then & Now 1991 & 2018 Ms. Mary Kate Aylward With ATACMS having been surpassed by Russia and China, the U.S. doesn’t just want to catch up, it wants to…

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May 24 2024
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The art and science of getting people paid

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems TITLE: Project manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 15 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 28 DAWIA…

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Jun 25 2018
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Formula 809

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Ms. Margaret C. Roth Development of the futures command and cross-functional teams is taking place against the backdrop of a sweeping, independent, congressionally mandated review of how to speed up…

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Jun 25 2018
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Modernizing army modernization

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

The Army is at ‘an inflection point,’ and modernizing is job No. 1 and priority No. 1. But modernization will take every ounce of leaders’ will and a massive culture…

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Jun 25 2018
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Emergency insurgency

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Peter Newell, former chief of the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, thinks DOD and intelligence agencies execute their missions but won’t do innovation well until innovation has a separate but…

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Jun 25 2018
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Get out

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Steve Blank enrolled in the wrong college, joined the Air Force, dropped out of the right college and found success in Silicon Valley. Now he’s back in the classroom as…

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Mar 11 2019
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SCRUM TIME WELL SPENT

Taking agile all the way

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Reserve Component Automation Systems’ Agile Solution Factory derives maximum benefit from software development methodology to modernize effectively, fast and securely. by Mr. Stephen P. O’Brian and Ms. Angela D. Green-Mack…

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Jun 25 2018
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The ‘armyzon’ equation

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

DOD could save billions, fast, and get commercial products to commanders, fast, if it switched to an e-commerce platform—an ‘Armyzon’ where businesses large and small could compete for government contracts….

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May 24 2024
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Acquisition a ‘perfect fit’ for Army scientist

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Product Manager for Chemical Defense Pharmaceuticals, Joint Project Manager for Medical Countermeasure Systems, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense POSITION AND OFFICIAL TITLE: Joint product…

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Jun 25 2018
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Prognosis: enhanced Soldier survival

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Army medicine stands up Medical Devices Modernization Directorate. by Mr. Doug Wright The Army’s modernization strategy has one focus: Make Soldiers and units more lethal to win our nation’s wars…

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Jun 25 2018
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Between yesterday and tomorrow

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

USAMRMC’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program pursues evolving medicine for an evolving battlefield. by Col. Michael R. Davis, Lt. Col. David S. Johnston and Mr. Ramin A. Khalili It wasn’t…

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May 24 2024
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April 2018 Hot Topics

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics

Army DACM Office Updates: The results are in for FY18 product and project director slating: The Talent Management Board of Directors approved eight product director positions and five project director…

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Jun 25 2018
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Investing for breakthroughs

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Congressionally directed medical research in areas such as cancer, neurological disorders, traumatic injuries and rehabilitative medicine traces its roots to breast cancer advocacy work launched more than a quarter-century ago….

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Jun 25 2018
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Lessons learned in modernization

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

I3MP gleans proven practices and lessons learned the hard way from the Army’s first modernization of home station mission command centers. by Maj. Aleyzer Mora and Dr. Linda O. Jones…

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Jun 25 2018
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WHAT’S COMING NEXT?

One roof

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Facing a perfect storm of urgent needs, Undersecretary Ryan D. McCarthy helps lead the push to modernize the Army from the industrial age to the information age. by Mr. Steve…

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Jun 25 2018
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Fortified by feedback

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Even cutting-edge and high-tech systems are about people. Gathering Soldier feedback, implementing it quickly and then showing test units the improved product helped PEO C3T get a new expeditionary radio…

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Jun 25 2018
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CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

The heat is on: Burn-offs move ideas to the field for assessment

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

 Ms. Nancy Jones-Bonbrest Taking an idea from paper to operational assessment can be a lengthy and costly endeavor. Now, the Army Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is offering a middle ground…

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Jun 25 2018
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DELIVERING ADVANCED CAPABILITIES

Honest broker

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Emerging technologies cell in Rapid Capabilities Office accelerates disruptive innovation while providing a reality check. by Ms. Nancy Jones-Bonbrest An ombudsman is a representative, an advocate who aims for balance—between…

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Jun 25 2018
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Command, unencumbered

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

As CERDEC explores and tests technologies to modernize the command post, the focus is on keeping the commander close to the battle, and the warfighting information close to the commander….

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Mar 11 2019
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Army AL&T’s 2017 ‘ALTies’—The envelope, please…

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine
By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 16, 2018)—Award-winning Army AL&T magazine announced today the winners of its annual “ALTies” honors, celebrating the best article, commentary, graphic, ad and photograph...
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Jun 25 2018
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An unexpected angle on cost control

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

How a relatively little-known cost estimating tool can help prevent and correct contract overruns when other methods have fallen short. by Mr. Anthony J. Nicolella When a contractor regularly overruns…

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Jul 31 2018
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Information insecurity

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

New DOD cell focuses on protecting unclassified data. But if data is unclassified, why do we need to protect it? by Mr. Andrew Fulton, Mr. Keith Ramsey and Mr. Thomas…

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Aug 10 2018
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Shifting gears

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

How RDECOM is responding to the new modernization imperative. by Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins Central to the Army’s future is the decision by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark…

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Jul 31 2018
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Change is what you make of it

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Army Rapid Capabilities Office,; System of Systems Engineering and Integration (SOSE&I) Directorate,; Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology TITLE: Chief engineer, Army…

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May 24 2024
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March 2018 Hot Topics

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics

Army DACM Office Updates ACMAs and lead OAPs met in Orlando, Florida, with the Army DACM Office for a highly productive discussion of the latest developments in the Army Acquisition…

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May 24 2024
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Faces of the Force: Dr. Charles A. Bass Jr.

Bridging the ‘valley of death’ to deliver S&T to Soldiers

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Defense Threat Reduction Agency TITLE: Chief, Protection and Hazard Mitigation Division YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 20 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in program management…

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