Healthcare analogies for defense acquisition
I think we have to remember we have good people in healthcare. We are all attracted to the healthcare profession out of a sense of […]
Month: February 2020
Why have America’s best technologists and investors turned away from defense?
When the Cold War ended, there were 107 major defense firms. By the end of the 1990s, there were five. And since then, the middle […]
Elon Musk recommends reasoning from first principles
Well, I do think there’s a good framework for thinking. It is physics. You know, the sort of first-principles reasoning. Generally, I think there are […]
IP rights, enterprise tools, and the new Software Acquisition Pathway
A crucial component of the acquisition strategy is a plan for intellectual property (IP). As the recently released intellectual property policy specified, IP plans emphasize “the criticality […]
DARPA’s organization and approach to innovation
Below are the DARPA’s current technical offices: Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Information Innovation Office (I2O) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Strategic Technology […]
Acquisition headlines
U.S. Space Force organizational plan delivered to Congress. And here’s more on that: “Eventually, the Space Development Agency will report to the U.S. Space Force… […]
Budget reform reference guide
For years, I’ve been arguing that the budget process is the single most important problem of acquisition reform. We still have in place what is […]
Consciously creating competition in government
What is the appropriate role of government in society? That’s the classical liberal question. And then what is the machinery of freedom that brings it […]
Cybersecurity requirements in RFIs by June 2020, RFPs by October — Here are some challenges
CMMC version 1.0 will start rolling out in RFIs in June 2020. There will be cyber requirements, CMMC levels, in RFIs. Companies will have to […]
Should the DoD reject dual-use and organically grow new defense firms?
“In terms of how to build a startup and how to scale really fast, you can’t have two missions,” said Katherine Boyle, an investor with […]
Podcast: Getting the culture right with Soraya Correa
Soraya Correa joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss small business programs, the procurement innovation lab, workforce training programs, why contracting officers might […]
On the design of government reporting requirements
One has to be very careful in the way this is put. I do not favor standardized forms in the sense that the Government literally […]
Acquisition headlines
The much anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) v1.0 has been released! It “contains five maturity processes and 171 cybersecurity best practices progressing across five […]
Will there be a new and streamlined milestone process?
Not later than February 1, 2020, each Service Acquisition Executive shall recommend to the Secretary of Defense at least one major defense acquisition program for […]