MCSC Acquisition Reform

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Acquisition Workforce Reform From a Resource
Perspective
Marilyn Thomas Deputy Commander Marine Corps
Systems Command
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As we enter into a tumultuous period in our
history, it is important to try to focus on the
positive and always look for the silver lining
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A Brief Overview of MCSC
Equipping Warfighters to Win
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Role of Marine Corps Systems Command

• The Marine Corps Acquisition Command
• Fields systems and equipment
• Provides Life cycle management
• One of four major acquisition commands within the
  Naval Acquisition Community

We outfit our Marines with literally everything
they drive, wear, communicate and shoot.
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Our Chain of Command
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research,
Development, and Acquisition

Chief of NavalOperations
Commandantof the Marine Corps
Many PEOs
PEO Land Systems
NAVSEASYCOM
MARCORSYSCOM
NAVAIRSYCOM
Space and Naval WarfareSystems Command
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MARCORSYSCOM Programs Organized by Categories
ACAT I ACAT II
ACAT III ACAT IV
OTHER
USMC PGMS 32 PROGRAMS JOINT PGMS USA Led x
33 USAF Led x 3 USN Led x 5 DISA Led x 1 JPEO x
7 81 PROGRAMS
USMC PGMS 120 PROGRAMS JOINT PGMS 43
PROGRAMS 163 PROGRAMS
RDgt265M PMCgt1.29B
RDgt140M PMCgt660M
Annual Pgm PMCgt15M
MCSC PGMS GCSS-MC PEO LS EFV MTVR JOINT
PGMS DTS (DFAS) GCCS (DISA) PKI (DISA) TBMCS
(USAF) GBS (USAF) PLGR (USAF) TC-AIMS II
(USA) SMART-T (USA) SINCGARS (USA) AFATDS
(USA) JTRS (USA) JAVELIN (USA) TMIP-M
(USN) DIMHRS (USN) MRAPs 18 PROGRAMS
PEO LS CAC2S G/ATOR LVSR JOINT PGMS LW-155
(USMC) M-88A2(USA) JPBDS (USA) 6 PROGRAMS

• PRE-MILESTONE B EFFORTS
• FIELDED SYSTEMS
• ABBREVIATED ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
• AMMUNITION
• ITEMS
• MISC PROJECTS
• 457 Systems/Programs

Note MARCORSYSCOM participates in/leads numerous
joint programs.
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MCSC Budget Profile
OCF 3,114
OCF 11,812
OCF 821
FY09 GWOT Remaining includes 910m for MRAP.
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MCSC Workforce Authorization (TO)
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The Problem

• The Perfect Storm
• Acquisition Reform activities during the 90s led
  to significant reduction in the acquisition
  workforce and and increased outsourcing of
  acquisition activities
• Substantial increases in TOA related to GWOT and
  Grow the Force have strained current acquisition
  workforce
• Manpower and personnel have become disconnected
  from baseline funding levels, both exacerbating
  and being exacerbated by the contractor support
  dilemma
• High profile problems in acquisition programs
  such as EFV and LCS have called into question
  whether DoD Acquisition has sufficient numbers of
  people with the right skills to manage
  technically complex acquisition programs
• FERS

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Congressional Concern

• The following language from the FY09 House
  Appropriations Report highlights a level of
  concern with how the Department is using
  contractor support as a crutch to deal with our
  manpower challenges
• The Committee has consistently voiced its
  concerns about the extent to which the Department
  has contracted out functions in recent years.
  While the practice may be regarded as necessary
  to offset reductions in military and civilian
  personnel, the Committee believes that the
  Department has failed to adequately manage the
  expansion of this practice. As a result, it is
  unclear if the Department realizes any economic
  benefits from the continued expansion of
  outsourcing, and it is likely that the Department
  may have contracted out core activities because
  of an undisciplined approach to outsourcing.
• Unless we can adequately budget for an effective
  workforce and curb our appetite for contractor
  support, it is likely that Congress will curb it
  for us.

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So What is Being Done??

• HQMC
• Added 295 FTEs during PR09/POM10
• USD ATL
• Competency Management
• Congress
• Section 852 of the FY08 NDAA Defense Acquisition
  Workforce Fund
• ASN RDA
• Acquisition Workforce Reform Initiative

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Competency Alignment (CA)
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Competency Management Benefits

• Competency Management Benefits
• Objective and flexible assignment of competency
  resources to meet organization and program
  requirements
• Competency workforce accountability for
  supporting both the competency and program
  success
• Input by both program manager and Competency
  Director to workforce performance evaluation
• Defined competency standards and development
  standards
• Higher visibility of individual training coupled
  with expanded opportunities for training and
  development
• Broader career growth opportunity within and
  between SYSCOMs

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MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS ACQUISITION ENTERPRISE MODEL
The CA Design Example MCSC
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)
COMMANDANT UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Marine Corps Systems Command Commander (00)
Program Executive Office Land Systems
Product Group Directors
Executive Director (00A)
Program Manager
Program Manager
Program Manager
COST SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
COST SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
COST SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
COST SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
Deputy Commander Resource Management (01)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
Deputy Commander Systems Engineering,
Interoperability, Architectures and
Technology (06)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
Assistant Commander Contracts (02)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
HEADQUARTERS
MARINE CORPS TACTICAL SYSTEMS SUPPORT ACTIVITY
Assistant Commander Life Cycle Logistics (04)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
Assistant Commander Programs (03)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
Workforce Communities (Counsel/CIO/Security/ Inter
national Programs)
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
PEOPLE PROCESSES
Competencies
Business Units
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Section 852 DAWF

• Section 852 directed SECDEF to establish a fund
  for the recruitment, training and retention of
  acquisition personnel
• Purpose of the Fund is to ensure that DoD
  acquisition workforce has the capacity, in
  numbers and skills, to perform its mission
• Fund will comprise credits equal to the
  applicable percentage of amounts expended for
  contract services
• Amounts will be available for transfer out of the
  account ranging from 300M in FY08 and growing to
  600M in FY11

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Section 852 DAWF

• Details of how the account will be managed are
  still being finalized by USD ATL and Components
• Meanwhile, there is language in the FY09
  Appropriations Act that directs the Department to
  include Acquisition Workforce requirements in the
  baseline budget request
• The Department is directed to include the
  funding required for the Acquisition Development
  Workforce Fund in its fiscal year 2010 budget
  request.

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ASN RDA Acquisition Workforce Reform

• Last November, ASN RDA initiated an Acquisition
  Reform effort aimed at correcting systemic
  problems identified during the LCS Nunn-McCurdy
  review
• One of the key reform areas was to strengthen
  human capital strategies to ensure we have the
  right numbers of people with requisite skills to
  maximize acquisition outcomes

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ASN RDA Acquisition Workforce Reform

• Assess current military and civilian acquisition
  workforce qualifications, skills and staffing
  levels done
• Identify shortfalls in workforce staffing levels,
  qualifications and training in progress
• Develop an Acquisition Workforce Human Capital
  Strategic Plan to address experience and pipeline
  gaps future action
• Establish linkage between strategic plan and PPBE
  process 24 Sep 2008 memo from ASN RDA for
  upcoming PR-11/POM-12

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Summary

• Lots of activity ongoing to fix acquisition
  workforce issues
• As financial managers, we need to remain informed
  and engaged in the activity because
• - we are a critical functional element in the
  acquisition domain
• - we need to assist and guide the linkage
  between acquisition workforce strategic planning
  and the PPBE process

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