(1998) Smart Procurement Reading List

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INTRODUCTION An emerging outcome of the Strategic Defence Review process, smart procurement is set to shape the policy for defence procurement for the United Kingdom well into the early decades of the next century. The reading list below aims to list documents relevant to understanding the background and events through December 1998. PRE-STRATEGIC DEFENCE REVIEW HISTORY ( - 1997): HMSO. Annual Statements on the Defence Estimates. House of Commons Defence Committee. Annual Report on Major Projects. (London: HMSO). Kincaid, B. A dinosaur in Whitehall: The true cost of Defence procurement bureaucracy (London: Brassey’s 1997). Ministry of Defence. Britain’s defence procurement (London: HMSO 199?). SOURCES PUBLISHED DURING THE REVIEW (1997 - 1998): Hayward, K. ‘Smart procurement: The European dimension’ in Royal United Services Institute Journal 143 (2) (Apr. 1998). pp. 47 - 50. Kincaid, B. ‘Smart procurement for Jurassic park’ in Royal United Services Institute Journal 142 (6) (1997). pp. 14 - 17. Ministry of Defence. Strategic Defence Review Study 2F3/7: Smart Procurement Final Report Issue 1 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 19/02/98). Smith, K. ‘What should smart procurement be ?’ in Royal United Services Institute Journal 143 (2) (Apr. 1998). pp. 37 - 40. Spellar, J MP. ‘Smart procurement: An objective of the Strategic Defence Review’ in Royal United Services Institute Journal 143 (2) (Apr. 1998). pp. 33 - 36. Taylor, T. ‘Smart procurement and the partnership with industry’ in Royal United Services Institute Journal 143 (2) (Apr. 1998). pp. 41 - 46. SOURCES PUBLISHED AFTER THE REVIEW (1998): Codner, M. ‘Policy topped but Treasury tailed ? The Strategic Defence Review’ in The Officer 10 (4) (Jul. - Aug. 1998). pp. 30 - 33. Galloway, I. ‘Private Finance comes of age’ in Defence Procurement Analysis (Autumn 1998). pp. 17 19. HMSO. Modern forces for a modern world: The Strategic Defence Review (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1998). esp. Ch. 7,8. Supporting essays 3 & 10. HMSO. HC 675 House of Commons Session 1997/98 Defence Committee seventh report: Aspects of defence procurement and industrial policy (London: HMSO 16/07/98). HMSO. House of Commons Session 1997/98 Defence Committee eighth report: The Strategic Defence Review (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 10/09/98). Jane's Defence Weekly (05/08/98). ‘UK plans a strategy for smart procurement’. p. 22. Jane's Defence Weekly (28/10/98). ‘Interview: George Robertson’. p. 32. Preview: The journal of the MOD Procurement Executive: Special Strategic Defence Review issue (London: HMSO 10/07/98). RUSI. Newsbrief 18 (8) (Aug. 1998). (London: Royal United Services Institute 1998). pp. 61 - 64. Walmsley, R. ‘A smart performance incentive’ in Defence Procurement Analysis (Autumn 1998). pp. 13 15.