Subject: Defense Acquisition System Safety.THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3010 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-3010 SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. 23 2004 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT: Defense Acquisition System Safety On July 3, 2003, the Secretary of Defense established the Defense Oversight Council (DSOC DSOC Democratic Socialists of America (New York, NY) DSOC Discovery Science and Outdoor Center (Ocala, Florida) DSOC DSN Space Operations Center DSOC Defense Safety Oversight Committee ) and tasked them with the goal of reducing DoD mishap and accident rates by 50% in two years. Subsequently, the Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Guidance (SPG SPG - System Program Generator. A compiler-writing language. ["A System Program Generator", D. Morris et al, Computer J 13(3) (1970)]. ) was modified to institutionalize in·sti·tu·tion·a·lize v. To place a person in the care of an institution, especially one providing care for the disabled or mentally ill. in this goal. We can contribute substantially to meeting SPG guidance by following an informed and structured risk assessment and acceptance process, which manages and minimizes system safety risks throughout the acquisition process. Our intent is to design safety into our weapons systems, not add it afterwards as an operational consideration. Therefore, in order to increase the emphasis on system safety within our acquisition process, I direct addressees to ensure that: a. Program Managers (PMs), regardless of the Acquisition Category of their programs, integrate system safety risk management into their overall systems engineering and risk management processes. b. PMs use the government and industry Standard Practice for System Safety, MIL-STD-882D, in all developmental and sustaining engineering activities. c. PMs ensure the DoDI 5000.2 requirement to integrate the Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH ESOH Environment, Safety and Occupational Health ) risk management strategy into the systems engineering process is incorporated in the Systems Engineering Plan. d. PMs identify ESOH hazards, assess the risks, mitigate the risks to acceptable levels, and then report on the status of residual risk Residual risk Related: Unsystematic risk acceptance decisions at technical reviews and at the appropriate management levels in the Program Review process in accordance with MIL-STD-882D. I need your help to implement these actions to integrate system safety risk management more effectively into our acquisition process. Active collaboration between system safety and acquisition communities as we execute our programs will help achieve the goals the Secretary of Defense has established. It will also save lives, preserve assets, and enhance our overall warfighting capability by increasing readiness through system safety improvements. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : View the distribution to this memorandum at <http://akss.dau.mil/servlet/ActionController?screen=Policies&Organization=21&Career=10>. Michael W. Wynne Acting |
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