An advisory group that Congress created through the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act has issued a report that calls for the Defense Department to transition from a program-focused management structure to an “enterprise capability portfolio managementâ€Â framework in order to improve the acquisition system, National Defense reported Thursday.The Section 809 Panel said in the report published Thursday the adoption of a portfolio management structure would help build up warfighter capability, result in the alignment of requirements, budget processes and acquisition and facilitate cross-cutting data integration, analysis and decision-making.
“Realigning the acquisition system to place appropriate emphasis on sustainment would bring renewed focus on the overall state of readiness,†according to the volume 2 report.
The panel will provide additional recommendations related portfolio management structure, sustainment, requirements and portfolio execution in its volume 3 report that is scheduled for release in January 2019.
The report also recommends statutory changes to simplify the commercial source selection process; restructuring of the Cost Accounting Standards Board and cost accounting standards; elimination of regulatory and statutory distinctions between personal and nonpersonal services contracts; operationalization of the Dynamic Marketplace concept; and the need for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to be supervised as a multiyear fund.
