"Chance favors only the prepared mind" : the proper role for U.S. Department of Defense science and engineering workforce

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Label

"Chance favors only the prepared mind" : the proper role for U.S. Department of Defense science and engineering workforce

Title remainder

the proper role for U.S. Department of Defense science and engineering workforce

Statement of responsibility

Timothy Coffey

Creator

• Coffey, Timothy, 1941-

Contributor

• National Defense University, Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Author

• Coffey, Timothy, 1941-

Issuing body

• National Defense University, Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Subject

• Scientists in government -- United States -- Management
• United States, Department of Defense. -- Personnel management
• Engineers in government -- United States -- Management

Language

eng

Summary

This publication provides critical recommendations for managing the DoD's 130,000 person Science and Technology workforce through a period of growing fiscal and geopolitical ambiguity. The report outlines a strategy that: prioritizes lessons learned through hands-on experience; cultivates practices that identify and support the most promising trends in technology and research; promotes advocacy for worthy programs, and; develops a process for ensuring competent "third parties" determine a fair price for acquisition and development. It concludes by urging the DoD return to a prudently managed, conservative S&T strategy that emphasizes workforce recruitment and training, adequate funding for research and development, and increased engagement with colleges and universities

Member of

• Defense & technology papers, no. 102

Cataloging source

AWC

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

U393

LC item number

.C64 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Defense & technology paper

Series volume

no. 102