Policy is not made once and for all; it is made and re-made endlessly. Policy-making is a process of successive approximation to some desired objectives […]
Agility is like healthy. Every time you hear that in your head, think someone is trying to understand how to become healthy. Scrum is like […]
In this current historical moment, [the Chinese] official documents talk about this as a time that is marked by certain inevitable trends of history. These […]
Congressional action on the FY2021 appropriations bills comes amid ongoing efforts by the Trump Administration to redirect DOD funding to construct barriers along the U.S.-Mexico […]
Tech companies with operations in both China and the United States are increasingly struggling to comply with values and laws that are systemically in conflict. […]
As the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has documented, lead ships in new classes of naval vessels routinely fail to meet expectations… It was not always this […]
Mr McMahon (staffer): Because of the multiyear contract that the Virginia-class is under, if the second FY21 boat is not authorized and appropriated, the shipbuilders […]
You can’t skip the step of getting the data right because data is the currency of future operations. This is a tough conversation to have, […]
The bill pays particular attention to how the Pentagon manages its substantial budget and implements numerous provisions designed to streamline work, expand the ability of […]
I have struggled with this at the JAIC going up to the Hill and saying, ‘You know, you’re asking for a level of detail in […]
Here is a brief overview of the actions the Senate’s current version of the NDAA would take if passed today: Block any cuts to the […]
It’s not just prices and wages that are sticky, budgets are too. The Council on Foreign Relations points out that U.S. nominal defense budgets hardly ever fall. […]
Compared to other advanced economies, Beijing invests shockingly little in fundamental S&T or cutting-edge capabilities. This is true in both the civilian and the military […]
These challenges can be met. But the concept still requires a major feat. Congress must amend the budget process so that relatively big dollars can […]
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 […]
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