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Manpower --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Administration --- United States. --- Personnel management --- Data processing. --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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Department of Defense (DoD) installations rely on the commercial electricity grid for 99 percent of their electricity needs, but the U.S. electricity grid is vulnerable to disruption from natural hazards and actor-induced outages, such as physical or cyber attacks. Using portfolio analysis methods for assessing capability options, this paper presents a framework to evaluate choices among energy security strategies for DoD installations.

Energy policy -- United States. --- Strategic planning -- United States. --- United States. -- Department of defense -- Energy conservation. --- United States. -- Department of defense -- Energy consumption. --- Strategic planning --- Energy policy --- United States. --- Energy consumption. --- Energy conservation. --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.) --- E-books

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Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes.

Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Administration --- United States. --- Appropriations and expenditures --- Effect of inflation on. --- United States --- Armed Forces --- Weapons systems --- Costs. --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities --- Veteran-owned business enterprises --- Public contracts --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Administration --- Government policy --- Government contracts --- Municipal contracts --- Disabled veteran-owned business enterprises --- Law and legislation --- Contracts --- Contracting out --- Business enterprises --- Business enterprises owned by people with disabilities --- United States. --- Rules and practice. --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.)