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An assessment of Air Force data on contract expenditures

For the past several years, the U.S. Air Force has been using data from the Individual Contracting Action Report form, also known as the DD350, to analyze its goods and services expenditures. This analysis is part of the Air Force's efforts to develop new purchasing and supply management strategies for important categories of goods and services. For this study, the authors collected data from Air Force contracting officers on a sample of fiscal year 2002 (FY02) DD350 records to assess the adequacy and accuracy of DD350 data for conducting expenditure analyses. The authors then extrapolated their findings from the sample to reflect all Air Force FY02 DD350 contract actions. Among other findings, the authors determined that the Product Service Codes (PSCs) used in the DD350 forms are not detailed enough to capture the full range of various goods and services purchased by the Air Force and the PSCs for nearly 50 percent of contract actions are coded inaccurately.

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  • "For the past several years, the U.S. Air Force has been using data from the Individual Contracting Action Report form, also known as the DD350, to analyze its goods and services expenditures. This analysis is part of the Air Force's efforts to develop new purchasing and supply management strategies for important categories of goods and services. For this study, the authors collected data from Air Force contracting officers on a sample of fiscal year 2002 (FY02) DD350 records to assess the adequacy and accuracy of DD350 data for conducting expenditure analyses. The authors then extrapolated their findings from the sample to reflect all Air Force FY02 DD350 contract actions. Among other findings, the authors determined that the Product Service Codes (PSCs) used in the DD350 forms are not detailed enough to capture the full range of various goods and services purchased by the Air Force and the PSCs for nearly 50 percent of contract actions are coded inaccurately."@en
  • "For the past several years, the U.S. Air Force has been using data from the Individual Contracting Action Report form, also known as the DD350, to analyze its goods and services expenditures. These analyses support Air Force efforts to develop new purchasing and supply management strategies for important categories of goods and services. However, concerns have been raised about whether the DD350 data are accurate enough and detailed enough to conduct such spend analyses. To evaluate the suitability of these data for analyzing the purchase of goods and services, RAND Project AIR FORCE collected data to supplement information found in a sample of Air Force fiscal year 2002 (FY02) DD350 records. This monograph describes the survey and statistical methods used in this study as well as the researchers' assessment of the DD350 data, which is based on an extrapolation of the survey results to the entire Air Force FY02 database. This research was part of a broader study, "Supporting Air Force Procurement Transformation and Laying the Groundwork for Services Acquisition Reform," which was sponsored by the Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting (SAF/AQC) and conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE. This report is designed to assist Department of Defense personnel involved in conducting spend analyses and implementing commercial purchasing and supply management practices. As such, the authors assume that the reader has a basic understanding of commercial purchasing and supply management practices, including the use of spend analyses to support the design of purchasing strategies."@en
  • "For the past several years, the U.S. Air Force has been using data from the Individual Contracting Action Report form, also known as the DD350, to analyze its goods and services expenditures. For this study, the authors collected data from Air Force contracting officers on a sample of fiscal year 2002 (FY02) DD350 records to assess the adequacy and accuracy of DD350 data for conducting expenditure analyses. The authors then extrapolated their findings from the sample to reflect all Air Force FY02 DD350 contract actions."

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  • "An assessment of Air Force data on contract expenditures : RAND, project Air Force"
  • "An assessment of Air Force data on contract expenditures"
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