Date of Award

9-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

John W. Shishoff, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF

Abstract

Oversight of and within the Department of Defense (DoD) has become so intense and detailed that the perception of senior DoD personnel is that oversight is now detracting from the ability of system program offices (SPO) to focus on fielding new weapon systems which achieve the government's requirements of performance, schedule, and cost. This study researched this assertion by exploring oversight and control of and within the DoD, and specifically through a single unique case study of the C-17 SPO. The three sources utilized in gathering and analyzing data were archival records, interviews, and documents. Data gathered indicated oversight has been perceived to have become counterproductive in three areas; overlap in scope, duplication in data requests (oral and written), and overall excessiveness. The C-17 SPO has expended 2,035 manhours in response to 72 agency actions. Overlap in scope or duplication in data requests occurred in 25 of the 72 actions.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GSM-LSG-91S-16

DTIC Accession Number

ADA246703

Comments

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.

The author's Vita page is omitted.

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