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Inquiry into materiel acquisition and management in Defence
27 March 2003
© Commonwealth of Australia 2000
ISBN 0 642 71244 1
Table of Contents
Membership of the Committee (PDF format)
Terms of reference
Acronyms and abbreviations
Recommendations (PDF format)
Introduction and summary (PDF format)
Background
Nature of the Senate inquiry
Findings
Chapter 1: The DMO's reform program (PDF
format)
The establishment of the DMO
The nature of DMO's reforms
Organisational structure reforms
Process reforms
People reforms
Turnover, retention and the loss of expertise
General impact of reforms thus far
Creation of the System Program Offices
Chapter 2: Capability development and acquisition (PDF
format)
Chapter 3: The DMO and industry (PDF format)
Funding and budget issues
How industry perceives DMO and the reform agenda
The relationship of SMEs to DMO
Industry-DMO feedback mechanisms
Requirements for cultural change
Complaint handling and disputes
Other issues raised by industry
Private financing initiatives
Defence.industry partnerships
Chapter 4: Projects and project management (PDF
format)
Enforcement of contract provisions
Project Governance Boards
Transparency of projects and project management
Chapter 5: Tenders and contracts (PDF format)
Partnerships and alliances
Evolutionary acquisition
Transparency in tendering and contracting
Chapter 6: Test and evaluation (PDF format)
Appendices
Appendix One (PDF format)
Submissions received by the Committee
Appendix Two (PDF format)
Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings
Appendix Three (PDF format)
Benchmarks for Committee scrutiny of DMO
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