Changes in Weapons Procurement Policy

The research performed for this study indicated broad agreement that an end to the sole source/sole customer procurement policy would be damaging to the national security of the United States in a variety of contexts. The study also found, however, that among impartial respondents, the sole source/sole customer procurement system tended to foster unhealthy relationships between defense contractors and the federal government, and to create an environment conducive to fraud. It was recommended, therefore, that consideration be given to retaining the sole source/sole customer procurement system for major weapons systems, but that additional safeguards to prevent fraud be structured into the system.

Rapidly developing political changes in Europe that began unexpectedly in 1989 and that accelerated with the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in the beginning of a scrutiny of American expenditures for national defense. This reappraisal of defense expenditures covers manpower, weapons systems, and procurement policies for weapons systems. This research study examined a central aspe

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d by further advances in these two technologies by 2010. One thing appears to be certainthe qualitative character of the knowledge base in postindustrial society will differ markedly from that of industrial society. Economic organizations in postindustrial society will be required to (1) work with far more knowledge, far more efficiently than past organizations have done, and (2) compete with other organizations which are using far more knowledge, far more efficiently than has occurred in the past. Societal Complexity In an economic context, the increased societal complexity projected for postindustrial society will cause economic organizations and institutions to become more (1) numerous, (2) diverse, and (3) interdependent (Huber, 1984, p. 931). The anticipation is that the number of organizations will increase significantly in postindustrial society. Of even greater significance in the context of societal and economic complexity, however, is the strong probability that economic organizations and institutions will become more diverse as the result of a move towards greater specialization. The strong probability is that economic organizations and institutions will become both more numerous and more diverse. As the d
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