Defense Acquisition Research Journal #91

A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University

https://www.dau.edu

Organized for Innovation: An Empirical Observation of Innovation Adoption within Defense Organizations Christopher A. Lynn Summary: This thesis will analyze the behavior of three organizations in order to better understand the DoD’s adoption of other transaction authority (OTA). APA Citation: Lynn, C. A. (2018, June). Organized for innovation: An empirical observation of innovation adoption within defense organizations. Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved from https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/59714/18Jun_ Lynn_Christopher.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Department of Defense Use of Other Transaction Authority: Background, Analysis, and Issues for Congress Moshe Schwartz and Heidi M. Peters Summary: This research addresses DoDuse of other transaction authority (OTA) to pay for goods and services without triggering most of the standard acquisition statutes and regulations that govern DoD acquisition. It further examines howOTAworks, why it was legislated, potential benefts and risks of using OTAs, and whether data are available against which to measure their efectiveness. A legislative history of the DoD OTA is also provided. APA Citation: Schwartz, M., & Peters, H. M. (2019, February). Department of Defense use of Other Transaction Authority: Background, analysis, and issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved from https://congressional.proquest. com/congressional/docview/t21.d22.crs-2019-crs-191477?accountid=40390

114

Defense ARJ, January 2020, Vol. 27No. 1 : 112–116

Made with FlippingBook Learn more on our blog