DEFENSE BUSINESS BOARD
''"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin''
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." Winston Churchill
Mission:
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld established the Defense Business Board in 2001 as a complement to broader efforts at transformation in the Department of Defense. The Board consists of approximately twenty private sector executives who have amassed a vast range of experiences in business management. The Board shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Deputy Secretary of Defense, independent advice and recommendations on effective strategies for the implementation of best business practices of interest to the Department of Defense. The ultimate objective of this advice is to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational support to the nation's warfighters.
OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES:
The Board, under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as amended, shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Deputy Secretary of Defense, independent advice and recommendations on effective strategies for the implementation of best business practices of interest to the Department of Defense. The ultimate objective of this advice is to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational support to the nation's warfighters.
"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight." Henry Luce
[see official web-site at: http://www.defenselink.mil/dbb/index.html]
Osd-dbb (talk) 12:30, 10 July 2008 (UTC)