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REGULATORY BURDEN: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF WEAPONS
ACQUISTION IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
by
Dikla Gavrieli
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Dikla Gavrieli
Object Description
| Title | Regulatory burden: a systems analysis of weapons acquisition in the U.S. Department of Defense |
| Author | Gavrieli, Dikla |
| Author email | dikla.gavrieli@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-01-15 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-03-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Burke, Catherine |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wise, Carol Al-Sabea, Taha |
| Abstract | The weapons acquisition process in the United States is a complex system guided by numerous rules and regulations. Government program offices are responsible for abiding by statutes and regulations as they oversee the building of weapons from start to finish. This research set out to understand why there is a difference in perception between a recent RAND study finding that the burden associated with compliance of these rules and regulations is minimal and the belief of program office personnel that it is not.; This study concludes that the burden on program office personnel is not a result of the time spent complying with rules and regulations (what the RAND study set out to measure), but rather a burden created by the complex and incoherent system that these rules and regulations create. The system was analyzed within the broader context of the following questions: One, what is the purpose of the weapons acquisition system?; Two, Is it well designed to achieve this purpose?; Three, are the controls built into the system adequate and necessary?; Four, is there an audit function that provides information as to whether or not the business process is achieving the intended purpose and ensuring that controls are in place and being used correctly?; The results indicate that the current system is an accumulation of rules, not a well-designed system. For example, this research reveals that program offices are guided by too many rules, many of which conflict with one another. This research reveals that the weapons acquisition process is lacking a clearly defined purpose, adequate controls and a necessary audit function. |
| Keyword | regulatory burden; weapons acquisition; DoD |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1034 |
| Rights | Gavrieli, Dikla |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Gavrieli-20080325 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Gavrieli-20080325.pdf |
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| Full text | REGULATORY BURDEN: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF WEAPONS ACQUISTION IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE by Dikla Gavrieli A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Dikla Gavrieli |
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