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GAO Questions DoD Approach To Joint Requirements

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, February 27th, 2012

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The Pentagon has not adequately outlined its system for identifying and developing joint requirements, a problem that raises long-term questions about whether it will be able to sustain the progress being made under the current initiative, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report Friday. The guidance provided by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) for the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) is insufficiently clear and not always documented, thereby affecting the ability of the Pentagon to…

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