Task Group on an Outreach Plan to Improve Communications between the Department of Defense and the Defense Industrial Base

Abstract

The Deputy Secretary of Defense tasked the Defense Business Board (DBB) to form a task group to evaluate and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DoD) regarding actions that could improve the communications between the Department and its core industrial base. The recommendations include: 1) developing and implementing a detailed Industry Strategic Communications Plan; 2) including specific requirements and deliverables in the Plan as delineated in this report; 3) developing and supporting a practical, flexible means for small technology companies and non-traditional suppliers to introduce high potential new products and technologies; 4) establishing a regularized report on the financial health of the defense industrial base and its individual companies; 5) briefing the SECDEF/DEPSECDEF/Service Secretaries/DoD General Counsel on the Strategic Communications Plan and ensuring their full support; and 6) working with the DoD and Military Department's General Counsels to ensure and facilitate robust communications.