Advocacy & Policy

Our Position on Insourcing

Effective government requires certain functions be performed internally. However, AIA is concerned that broad DOD policy to insource all services is risky for the readiness of weapons systems for the warfighter, the health of the industrial base and the resources of the American public.

What is AIA doing?

We are developing a series of white papers covering topics such as what is good for the warfighter and taxpayer, impact on the industrial base and insourcing vs. outcome-based contracting.

We will publish two papers each month, culminating in a final Impact Report – envisioned for spring 2011 – that will consolidate the discussions within the papers.

Insourcing and the Defense Industrial Base: A Product Support Perspective

AIA supports a national industrial policy that defines the desired core capability needed to fully maintain national skill and capability requirements for the assurance of a ready and controlled source of maintenance. However, noneconomic preferences and supplementary requirements, such as the 50/50 rule that mandate the assignment of an arbitrary fixed percentage of depot dollars to the public sector, do not account for the dynamic environment of the U.S. defense environment nor do they do anything to protect the private sector of the industrial base.
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What is Best for the Warfighter and Taxpayer

The Product Support Executive Board is producing a series of briefs assessing the impact of in-sourcing policies enacted by the Department of Defense (DOD). The first in this series examines best practices for producing the most benefit for the warfighter and taxpayer.
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Read more:

• Ways to Reduce Costs Immediately (PDF format)
• DOD Efficiency Initiative (PDF format)
• CODSIA Comments on Proposed OFPP Policy Letter—Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees (PDF format)
• AIA Introduces Product Support Executive Board Papers on Insourcing
• Speech by Marion C. Blakey, President and Chief Executive Officer, AIA,  on DOD Efficiency for the Air Force Association Conference on September 15, 2010 (PDF format)