Opening - 1999 Defense Reform Initiative Update

TABLE of CONTENTS
1.0	Element One --- Adopting Best Business Practices
1.1	Electronic Commerce - Revolutionizing the Way DoD Does Business
1.2	Paperless Contracting and Acquisition
1.3	Simplifying and Saving with E-Malls
1.4	Simplifying Purchasing with the Government Purchase Card
1.5	Simplifying Customer Support, Ordering and Payment with the Prime Vendor Program
1.6	Simplifying, Streamlining, and Saving with a Commercial Travel System
1.7	Defense Working Capital Funds
1.8	Financial Management
1.9	Improving Accountability -- Defense Agency Performance Contracts
1.10	Reengineering Transportation Documentation and Financial Processes
2.0	Element Two --- Quality of Life
2.1	Improved Pay and Retirement Benefits
2.2	Career Transition Office – Project Outlook Career Assistance Center
2.3	Strengthening the Civilian Workforce – The Chancellor of Education and Professional Development
2.4	Household Goods Transportation
3.0	Element Three --- Organizational Streamlining
3.1	Leading by Example
3.2	Military Headquarter Reductions
3.3	Boards and Committees Reductions
3.4	Confronting New Threats Abroad with New Responses – The Defense Threat Reduction Agency
4.0	Element Four --- Competitive Sourcing
4.1	Competitive Sourcing -- The A-76 Process
4.2	Streamlining and Saving Competition for Depot Maintenance
5.0	Element Five--- Infrastructure
5.1	The #1 Defense Priority – Base Realignment and Closure
5.2	Leasing
5.3	Saving Defense Dollars by Demolition and Disposal of Excess Facilities
5.4	Military Housing Privatization Initiative – Improving Quality of Life
5.5	Energy Management
6.0	Element Six --- A Vision for the 21st Century Acquisition System and Workforce
6.1	Streamlining RDT&E Infrastructure
6.2	Improving the Acquisition Process
6.3	Enhancing Acquisition Workforce, Education, and Training
7.0	Element Seven -- Transforming Logistics for the 21st Century
7.1	DoD Logistics Vision
7.2	Actions for Logistics Transformation
7.3	Logistics Leadership
8.0	Element Eight --- Taking Advantage of Cyberspace without Becoming Vulnerable
8.1	Information Technology (IT)
8.2	Electronic Environment – Characteristics and Challenges
8.3	Information Assurance
8.4	DoD’s Information Assurance Strategy
8.5	Critical Infrastructure Protection
9.0	Element Nine --- Homeland Defense in the Next Century
9.1	National Missile Defense (NMD)
9.2	Confronting Threats at Home --- Improving Domestic Response
9.3	Confronting New Threats with New Responses – The Defense Threat Reduction Agency