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The fiscal multiplier during World War II. Here it is: “0.25, implying an aggregate multiplier of roughly 0.3… Saving and taxes account for 75% of the income generated by war spending.”
Boeing, Raytheon Fight to Protect Data in Federal Contracts. They are “directly challenging the government in court, saying it violated data rules when it limited their ability to put restrictive markings on their vendor lists and other propriety information.”
America’s National Security Software Needs an Upgrade. “… reform the United States should pursue immediately is a restructuring of its industrial-era resource allocation process, and that begins with the Department of Defense.”
The Pentagon’s supply chain faces an economy under siege. A slice: “We are at 20 percent capability,” the source said. And another slice: “So far, the Defense Contract Management Agency has modified approximately 1,400 contracts with increased rates, the announcement noted.”
Chinese Long March 3B rocket fails during launch of Indonesian satellite. That’s the second failure in a month.
CARES Act Provides Contractor Relief amid Coronavirus Crisis. Hovernment contractors are “highly trained professionals with exquisite technological skills and various security clearances, and yet they’re basically being [treated] as day laborers that can be picked up or dropped off depending on the need of the day,” John Hillen said at a Mason GovCon webinar. Section 3610 of the CARES act changes this, allowing contractors to pay employees the “minimum applicable contract billing rates” to keep employees and subcontractors in “a ready state.” — Does that imply cost-plus contracting, or at least regular cost reporting for fixed price?
Trump taps longtime GSA watchdog as coronavirus relief inspector general.
Ransomware scumbags leak Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX documents after contractor refuses to pay. Effect: “Anti-mortar system specs, legal paperwork, payment forms, and more, dumped online from infected PCs.”