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Navy RAD 'Takes Action,' Shifts to Phase III

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS130909-18
Release Date: 9/9/2013 5:30:00 PM

From Director, Assessments Division OPNAV (N81) Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations' Reducing Administrative Distractions (RAD) initiative moved from Phase II (Propose Changes) to Phase III (Take Action) Sept. 9, marking the final phase of the RAD effort.

In Phase III, the RAD team will reach out to the Navy owner associated with an idea in an effort to bring forth change.

The team will also continue and solicit the Fleet's vision of where the Navy should be in three to five years should tablets and Wi-Fi be incorporated on Navy bases and ships, with the focus of how the technology could be utilized to streamline Navy processes and further reduce administrative distractions.

RAD is an effort to get direct input from Sailors on how the Fleet can streamline or eliminate administrative processes to allow more time to focus on mission readiness.

RAD provides all personnel - active duty, Reserve, and Navy civilians - a platform to voice their concerns about administrative tasks, procedures, instructions and training, and propose solutions to fix these issues. RAD functions much like a social media interface, allowing users to comment and vote on posts.

'The Fleet has been extremely responsive on the RAD website with tremendous input provided to the team,' said Rear Adm. Herm Shelanski, director, Assessment Division, OPNAV N81, and RAD team leader. 'I couldn't be more pleased with the well thought out suggestions and ideas provided by our innovative Sailors. This tells me that our Sailors are motivated to bring forth positive change and make our Navy even stronger and more effective warfighters. We look forward to our Sailors' continued participation in this latest campaign.'

Since its inception in early July, RAD has received over 1,300 ideas and over 7,000 comments posted on these ideas. Via crowdsourcing, nearly 90,000 votes have been cast on submitted ideas and the top ones have been easily identified.

In addition to Fleet interaction on RAD, a team of 40+ personnel across all communities has been working diligently and categorized all submitted ideas into five main categories. These categories are GMT, 3M, ATFP, NavyWiki, and CAC.

Working with OPNAV directorates and stakeholders, the RAD team has already identified several ongoing initiatives that were able to include (or had already included) many of the ideas proposed on the website. Duplicate ideas were consolidated and the RAD team has developed 80 lines of operation that they are looking to find solutions for.

Upon completion of this RAD three phase cycle, the program will promulgate the progress to date, monitor the impact and plan for the next cycle.