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Analyzing
the Value of Infrastructure
Army War College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
14-16 November 2006
Terms of Reference
(Last Updated 31
August 2006)
1.
Overview
The
Value of Infrastructure workshop would lay a foundation for measuring the
military value of infrastructure and projecting future infrastructure
requirements from a joint perspective. The
Army’s Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) and the
Studies and Analysis, Assessment and Lessons Learned Office of the Air Force (HQ
USAF/A9) have put forward some specific topics for the workshop.
Given the defense posture worldwide, infrastructure requires continual
upgrade and modernization while constrained resources drive the need for
alternative strategies to address future infrastructure issues.
Based on this, the workshop’s strategic analytic focus areas are:
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Future
infrastructure requirements
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Transformational
strategies
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Performance
metrics measuring infrastructure efficiencies
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World-wide
basing assessment.
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Workshop
participants should be DoD decision makers and military operations research
analysts who can frame and assess analysis criteria regarding worldwide basing
and infrastructure requirements, and infrastructure implications of
transformational strategies being considered by the Department of Defense.
Analysts and installation subject matter experts who can analytically craft or
evaluate metrics to assess installation performance and efficiencies should also
participate. The expected outcomes
would be methodologies and metrics to aid decision makers in framing and making
infrastructure and basing decisions.
2.
Approach and Presentation Topics (2 1/2 day workshop):
a.
1st Day – Mini-Symposium with
an introduction to working groups at the end of the day.
The meeting will commence with a mini-symposium format that will
include presentations and panels featuring National or DoD-level experts
identified by the Senior Executive Service (SES) level general co-chairs.
The purpose of this portion is to baseline all participants on the
current priorities and the analytical challenges and issues for the working
groups.
b. 2nd
Day –Working groups in the morning and afternoon.
c. 3rd
Day – This will be 1/2 day of outbriefs by each of the four working groups.
d.
Keynote Presentation (~ 1 hour presentation with 15 minutes for Q&A) – A
presentation on the morning of Day 1 (tentative) from the Office Deputy
Undersecretary of Defense, Installations and Environment on the OSD
Perspective on Infrastructure.
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Framework Presentations (all on Day 1)–
(a)
The Army Perspective on Infrastructure by Dr. Craig College, Deputy
ACSIM.
(b)
The Navy Perspective on Infrastructure by Ms. Anne Davis, Deputy Commander,
Navy Installations Command.
(c) Two
options currently:
(1)
(2)
Panel Discussion on “Creating and Measuring Installation
Performance/Efficiencies”. A
senior Air Force representative would lead a panel of OSD, Army, Air
Force, and Navy experts in this subject area.
Topic for discussion is the description and uses of the sets of
metrics currently generated by DOD and the Services.
(d)
A view from the outside on Military Infrastructure –
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by a representative of the General Accounting Office (GAO) on their
observations of DoD infrastructure.
An industry representative will also be invited to present views
during this presentation.
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| Purpose
is to present how outside agencies view the utilization of and planning
for military infrastructure.
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f.
Guidance Presentations (~ 1/2 hours just prior to working group sessions that
start at the end of Day 1) –
(a)
Workshop Introduction Brief – by the Special Meeting Co-Chairs (~
20 minutes)
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the Working Group objectives
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| Highlight
the overarching analytical issues
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| Provide
a schedule overview for the Workshop
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| Introduce
the Working Groups and their Chairs, Co-Chairs & Advisors
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(b)
Technical Chair Comments and Guidance (~ 10 minutes)
3.
Working Groups
Participants will meet in working groups to further
examine specific topics, including discussing the overarching issues of the
Workshop. Working groups will
prepare a report on their activities to present to other workshop participants
at the last session of the workshop. To
focus the discussion in each of the working groups, a select group of people
will be invited to prepare and present papers.
The workshop attendees will be organized into four working groups plus a
synthesis group. The working group
topics and objectives are detailed below.
WG 1:
Future Infrastructure Requirements.
To prepare for the future, DoD must understand both the dynamics of
the Service's future operating environment and the infrastructure capacity
required to posture installations as deployment platforms with robust
capabilities -- places where warfighters live, train, mobilize and deploy to
fight and win -- as institutional bases which provide training, industrial,
logistics, and other sustainment support to the DoD.
This will also include an inter service discussion about the definition
of infrastructure.
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1-1: Identify the key drivers
affecting infrastructure supply and demand.
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1-2: Catalogue the appropriate
capacities needed by the DoD to meet future demands and hedge against risk.
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WG 2:
Transformational Strategies. Resources
are finite. Good stewardship
requires a defense long-term infrastructure strategy based on the identification
and incorporation of best business practices to enhance execution with scarce
resources. Infrastructure studies
will guide future infrastructure planning and policy to ensure sound use of
resources and optimal support to the DoD, its warfighters, and their families.
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2-1: Assess private sector
corporate and other governmental real estate management best practices for
potential application to the DoD.
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2-2: Seek new and innovative
ways to deliver future infrastructure goods and services and recommend
principles upon which alternative methods should be selected.
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WG 3:
Performance Metrics. The focus
of performance metrics is two-fold. First,
we must understand how to best evaluate and forecast the condition, capacity,
and military value of our infrastructure. Second,
we must track progress and measure the effectiveness of the DoD enterprise-wide
lifecycle infrastructure management strategy.
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3-1: Assess the ability of the
DoD current infrastructure data processes (elements, accuracy, frequency of
update, level of detail) to support Army enterprise-wide lifecycle
infrastructure management.
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3-2: Establish a dynamic
process of continuous measurement and performance improvement in support of
DoD enterprise-wide lifecycle infrastructure management.
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3-3: Develop techniques for measuring installation efficiencies.
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WG 4:
World-wide basing locations.
Meeting participants would develop analytic methodologies to determine
locations for Department of Defense CONUS and overseas bases to measure the
contribution to force effectiveness and efficiency.
(DOD has a model of overseas basing criteria to present to the WG)
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4-1: Develop analytic criteria to use in determining joint basing and
Reserve Component blended basing opportunities.
As we move towards joint network centric operations, what are types
of efficiencies can be gained by joint basing?
As we increase utilization of Guard and Reserve forces, what should
be considered in a basing strategy? The
WG will build a set of decision criteria for determining demographic, legal,
economic, and warfighting impacts on basing.
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4-2: As we move towards joint
network centric operations, what should be analyzed to determine the
efficiencies to be gained by joint basing?
What are the inefficiencies and additional threats to consider in
decision making?
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4-3: Consider the DOD overseas
basing model presented. What
can be improved upon? What, if
anything, is it duplicating that it could draw from?
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Synthesis
– The synthesis group will bring together the work of the four working groups
and develop overall assessment and recommendations for the analysis community.
5.
Attendees
a.
Attendance will be by invitation only.
Attendees will include invited experts from OSD, all Services, the
Joint Staff, garrison and base
commanders, and key supporting analytical agencies (e.g. RAND, IDA, LMI).
Workshop chairs will control membership of their sessions in
conjunction with the Organizing Committee.
Attendance will be limited to 120 people.
b.
Working Groups (WGs) will be led by a Chair and one to three Co-Chairs
(all services represented if possible). This
leadership group will be comprised of MORS members and Subject Matter Experts
(SMEs). The responsibilities of
this team include:
(1)
Chair
(a) Dynamic individual that is a SME in the WG topic
(b) Solicits analysts and operators in the field to participate in the WG
(c) Guides the WG during the Workshop
(d) Challenged to provide the “substance” of the special meeting WG
(e) Develops the WG’s final product
(2)
Co-Chair –
(a)
Individual interested in WG topic
(b)
Assists Chair in WG membership
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Provides perspective during Workshop
(d)
Assist Chair as Chair requests
c. Another key group of individuals during the Workshop is the Synthesis
Group. This group will provide
representation to each of the WGs and assist the Workshop Chairs in
consolidating the working group results. This
group will help develop overall assessments and recommendations from the
analysis community for the individual service operations analysts to consider.
6. Products
Several products will be generated from the workshop:
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An
Executive Summary in the form of a text document for the MORS Sponsors
addressing the workshop objectives, findings, conclusions and recommendations
will be offered within 15 days as a draft version with the final being issued
with 60 days.
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A
proceedings document containing summaries of all sessions and annotated copies
of appropriate briefing slides and presentations.
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An
article summarizing the meeting and its findings will be produced and submitted
to PHALANX in time for the next deadline after the meeting.
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A
general session presentation will be made at the 75th MORSS.
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7. Proponents
| Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management,
Headquarters, Department of the Army.
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| Deputy
Commander, Navy Installations Command.
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| Assistant
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations & Mission Support,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
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8. Planning and Organizing Committee
General
Co-Chairs
| Dr. Craig College, Deputy ACSIM, HQDA
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| Ms. Anne
Davis, Deputy Commander, Navy Installations Command
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| Mr. Mike Aimone, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics,
Installations & Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
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Technical
Co-Chairs
| COL Tim Trainor, Acting Head, Department of Systems
Engineering, USMA |
| Dr. Get Moy, Office of the
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Installations and Environment
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| Dr. Chien Huo, Chief, Long Term
Infrastructure Analysis, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Infrastructure
Analysis) |
| HQ USAF A4/7 representative (TBD), currently
represented by Mr. Mike Larkin, HQ USAF A9 |
| CAPT Jerry Manley, Office of the CNIC |
Synthesis
Chair: Andy Loerch (tentatively), George Mason University
Site Coordinator:
Chip Cleckner, USAWC
Administrative
Coordinators
| Brian
Engler, Executive Vice-President, MORS
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| Natalie Kelly, Vice-President for Admin, MORS
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| Colette Burgess, MORS
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MORS Bulldog:
Niki Goerger
Working
Group Chairs
WG1 – Future Infrastructure Requirements:
| Co -Chair – Dr. Robert Dell, Graduate School of Operational and
Information Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School. |
| Co-Chair – MAJ Lee Ewing, Naval Postgraduate School
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| Advisor: Colonel Bill Tarantino, Naval Postgraduate School
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WG 2 – Transformational Strategies
| Chair – TBD (USAF)
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| Co-Chair – TBD (USAF)
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WG 3 – Performance Metrics
| Co-Chair
– Mr. Tom Liedke, Deputy, ACSIM Facilities and Housing Directorate
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| Co-Chair
– Dr. Chien Huo, Chief, Long Term Infrastructure Analysis, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Infrastructure
Analysis)
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WG 4 –
World-Wide Basing Locations
| Chair – Corinne Wallshein, OSD PA&E
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| Co-Chair – Colonel Tom Kastner, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, USMA.
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| Co-Chair – Colonel Darrall Henderson, Dept of Mathematical Sciences,
USMA.
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Sponsor/Service
Reps
| Air Force:
TBD
Representative of the HQ USAF A4/7
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| Army: Dr. Chien Huo, Office of the DASA (IA)
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| Navy:
CAPT Jerry Manley , Office of the CNIC
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| Marine Corps:
TBD
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| Joint Staff: TBD
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| OSD:
Dr. Get Moy, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Installations and Environment
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9. Administrative
Name –
Analyzing the
Value of Infrastructure
Dates – 14-16 November 2006
Location – US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
Fees
Mini-Symposium
Only:
All Non-MORS Members: $375
All MORS Members: $325
Entire
Workshop:
Non-Government Non-MORS Member: $750
Non-Government MORS Member: $675
Government Non-MORS Member:
$640
Government MORS Member: $575
Attendance – 120 people, by invitation
Classification – UNCLASSIFIED
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