This collection provides resources and examples that can inspire further research on defense acquisition innovation by academics, practitioners and graduate students from across the country. All Section 809 Panel recommendations include proposed changes to acquisition policy, providing a model for practitioner-scholars seeking to modernize acquisition policy in direct response to the latest research. https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/14 2026-01-31T17:59:43Z 2026-01-31T17:59:43Z Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/4150 2020-12-03T00:01:14Z 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Budget Execution: Processes and Flexibility Authors: Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

2015-03-01T00:00:00Z Nathan James https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/4151 2020-12-03T00:03:58Z 2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Federal Prison Industries Authors: Nathan James Abstract: UNICOR, the trade name for Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), is a government-owned corporation that employs offenders incarcerated in correctional facilities under the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). UNICOR manufactures products and provides services that are sold to executive agencies in the federal government. FPI was created to serve as a means for managing, training, and rehabilitating inmates in the federal prison system through employment in one of its industries. The question of whether UNICOR is unfairly competing with private businesses, particularly small businesses, in the federal market has been and continues to be an issue of debate. The debate has been affected by tensions between competing interests that represent two social goods �" the employment and rehabilitation of offenders and the need to protect jobs of law abiding citizens. At the core of the debate is UNICOR's preferential treatment over the private sector. UNICOR's enabling legislation and the Federal Acquisition Regulation require federal agencies, with the exception of the Department of Defense (DOD), to procure products offered by UNICOR, unless authorized by UNICOR to solicit bids from the private sector. While federal agencies are not required to procure services provided by UNICOR they are encouraged to do so. It is this mandatory source clause that has drawn controversy over the years and is the subject of current legislation.

2007-07-13T00:00:00Z Kate M. Manuel https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/4153 2020-12-03T00:04:21Z 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z

Title: Competition in Federal Contracting: An Overview of the Legal Requirements Authors: Kate M. Manuel Abstract: Competition in federal procurement contracting has become a topic of increased congressional and public interest, in part because of alleged misconduct involving noncompetitive contracts and reports that the number of noncompetitive contract actions has increased. The Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984 generally governs competition in federal procurement contracting. Any procurement contract not entered into through the use of procurement procedures expressly authorized by a particular statute is subject to CICA. CICA requires that contracts be entered into after “full and open competition through the use of competitive procedures unless certain circumstances exist that would permit agencies to use noncompetitive procedures. Any contract entered into without full and open competition is noncompetitive, but noncompetitive contracts can still be in compliance with CICA when circumstances permitting other than full and open competition exist.

2011-06-30T00:00:00Z Daniel H. Else https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/4152 2020-12-03T00:05:16Z 2009-05-14T00:00:00Z

Title: Defense Production Act: Purpose and Scope Authors: Daniel H. Else Abstract: The Defense Production Act (DPA) was created at the outset of the Korean War to ensure the availability of the nation's industrial resources to meet the national security needs of the United States by granting the President powers to ensure the supply and timely delivery of products, materials, and services to military and civilian agencies. The DPA codifies a robust legal authority given the President to force industry to give priority to national security production and is the statutory underpinning of governmental review of foreign investment in U.S. companies. DPA authorities are not permanent. Rather, they are time-limited, undergoing periodic amendment and reauthorization. Of the seven titles contained within the original Act, four have been repealed. In 2008, Congress reauthorized the remaining titles of the DPA through September 30, 2009.

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