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DoD. The proposal was approved in 1998 and the resulting effort became known as the
Defense Acquisition Deskbook program. Now, as a DoD-level project, the program (and
the accompanying information system) was to be managed and developed by an
interservice Joint Program Office. As such, major Deskbook activities were transferred
to the Joint Program Office and AFMC/DR personnel were assigned the remaining task
of keeping the AF’s Deskbook documents that resided on the system updated and
current. Although the Joint Program Office retained oversight responsibility for the
Deskbook program, a yearly funding stream of $1.5 million remained to support AFMC/DR’s
portion of the effort. Of this $1.5 million budget, only $500,000 was committed to mainte-
nance of the Deskbook program. As such, AFMC/DR found itself asking, “What can we
do with an extra million dollars?”
The answer came quickly in the form of an AF Inspection Agency study that
identified a need for an overarching “lessons learned” program for the AF. While the need
was AF-wide, the AFMC/DR Deskbook Team decided to use its own expertise and excess
funding from the Deskbook program to address the problem for the AF. As a result, it
produced a formal requirement to develop an information system-based AF Lessons
Learned pilot program. Using the AFMC Deskbook system design as a foundation, the
Deskbook Team added additional capabilities that allowed the capture and dissemination
of “lessons learned” information.
While researching and developing the Lessons Learned pilot program, the Deskbook
Team decided that the new business concept touted as “KM” captured the essence of
Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSOCAir Combat Command
ACC
Air Education & Training Command
AETCAir Mobility Command
AMC
U. S. Air Forces Europe
USAFEAir Force Reserve Command
AFRC
Air Force Space Command
AFSPCPacific Air Forces Command
PACAF
Air Force Material Command
AFMCHQ USAFAir Force Special Operations Command
AFSOCAir Combat Command
ACC
Air Education & Training Command
AETCAir Mobility Command
AMC
U. S. Air Forces Europe
USAFEAir Force Reserve Command
AFRC
Air Force Space Command
AFSPCPacific Air Forces Command
PACAF
Air Force Material Command
AFMCHQ USAFFigure 1. U.S. Air Force major commands
HQ AFMCAir Logistics CentersLaboratories Specialized CentersProduct Centers Test CentersField Operating AgenciesHQ AFMCAir Logistics CentersLaboratories Specialized CentersProduct Centers Test CentersField Operating AgenciesFigure 2. Air Force Material Command organization