The Department of Defense has revealed the management structure
of the Defense Business Transformation Agency, established in
October 2005 in order to transform business operations to
improve war-fighter support while enabling financial
accountability department-wide.
DoD described the agency as a corporate-level service organization
accountable for the successful definition and execution of
department-wide business improvement initiatives and systems
investments – operating under the authority, direction and
control of the under secretary of defense for acquisition,
technology and logistics.
A memo dated Feb. 3, 2006 said day-to-day direction, management
and oversight would be provided by the deputy under secretaries
of defense for business transformation and financial management.
It also said the agency will be organized as seven divisions
including the Office of the Defense Business Systems Acquisition
Executive, headed by the component acquisition executive, major
general Butch Pair, as previously announced.
DoD said 18 enterprise programs and initiatives have been slated
to move under that office’s oversight, and that the remaining
offices would cover transformation planning and performance,
transformation priorities and requirements, investment management,
war-fighter support, information and federation strategy, and
agency operations.
