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Corporate Author United States. Government Accountability Office.

Title Best practices [electronic resource] : high levels of knowledge at key points differentiate commercial shipbuilding from Navy shipbuilding : report to congressional committees.

Imprint [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  GA 1.13:GAO-09-322    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (ii, 70 p.) : ill., map
Note Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed May 14, 2009).
"May 2009."
Summary Cost growth is a prevalent problem in Navy shipbuilding programs, particularly for the first ships in new classes. In response to a mandate in the conference report accompanying the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, GAO undertook this review to (1) identify key practices employed by leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders that ensure satisfactory cost, schedule, and ship performance; (2) determine the extent to which Navy shipbuilding programs employ these practices; and (3) evaluate how commercial and Navy business environments incentivize the use of best practices. To address these objectives, GAO visited leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders, reviewed its prior Navy work, and convened a panel of shipbuilding experts. GAO suggests Congress consider refining required reporting to include additional design stability metrics. GAO is also making recommendations to the Secretary of Defense aimed at improving shipbuilding programs by balancing requirements and resources early, retiring technical risk and stabilizing design at key points, moving to fixed-price contracts for lead ships, evaluating in-house management capability, and assessing if the desired fleet size sufficiently constrains the cost and technical content of new ships. The Department of Defense agreed with five recommendations and partially agreed with two. GAO believes all recommendations remain valid.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "GAO-09-322."
Subject United States. Navy -- Procurement.
Shipbuilding -- United States -- Costs.
Shipbuilding contracts -- Prices -- United States.
Defense industries -- United States.
Added Title High levels of knowledge at key points differentiate commercial shipbuilding from Navy shipbuilding
Running Title Best practices in shipbuilding
Gpo Item No. 0546-D (online)
Sudoc No. GA 1.13:GAO-09-322

 
    
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