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Month: July 2022

Is DoD wasting the creative resources of the country by dictating solutions?

July 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here is David Soergel, an industry consultant testifying to Congress in the 1975 hearing, “Major Systems Acquisition.” Sometimes new technology can offer solutions to problems […]

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What are some of the fears contracting officers have that prevent speed?

July 7, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

As we wrap up out highlights from the Government Contracting Pricing Summit, here’s a couple good parts from an address made by David Cade, Vice […]

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China’s weapons acquisition cycle 5-6x faster than the United States — “We are going to lose” if we don’t change

July 6, 2022 Eric Lofgren 19

I would tell you anecdotally that China is still, after gains we’ve made in the last five years or so, about five to six times […]

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Inflation expectations and the impact on defense contractors

July 5, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s Director of Defense Pricing and Contracting John Tenaglia at giving a keynote address at the Pricing Summit: At the heart of the memo is […]

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Acquisition headlines (6/27 – 7/3/2022)

July 4, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Google bets big on government business with new division. (FCW) “Announced Tuesday, Google Public Sector represents the culmination of years of effort the commercial tech […]

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Great accomplishments do not the result from careful cost-effectiveness analysis

July 1, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

Here’s Admiral Hyman Rickover in “Cost Effectiveness Studies,” Excerpt from testimony May 11, 1966, hearings “Department of Defense Appropriations for 1967, Subcommittee on Department of […]

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