WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Dec 6, 2012) - Avascent, a leading management consulting firm, has released the first in a series of white papers on affordability and innovation in federal acquisition. In "Helping the DoD Solve its Affordability Challenge," Avascent explains that finding the dramatic cost reductions that the Department of Defense (DoD) must achieve will require a more holistic view of mission needs and the assumed resources and solutions required to execute them.