The Ever Shrinking Fighting Force: Excerpts from Punaro’s book
Here are some excerpts from MG Arnold Punaro’s recent book, The Ever Shrinking Fighting Force. It is packed with data on how costs have increased […]
accountability
We’re never going to beat China with that kind of oversight!
Here is a Air Force head of contracting authority Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt discussing an interesting new proposal: [Line of Effort] 3 is called “owning […]
GMU playbook: Agile contracting
In this week’s blog post on our acquisition playbook study, we discuss agile contracting. When technical solutions are uncertain, it is wise to provide room for […]
Congressional view of oversight and transparency needs an overhaul
I think this provides some color as to why the Air Force’s top priority programs are being cut by congressional appropriators from $302 to $158 […]
Podcast: Digital acquisition with Bryon Kroger and Matt Nelson
Bryon Kroger and Matt Nelson joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to talk about digital transformation in the Department of Defense. They are the […]
Air Force contracting chief talks budget reform, Covid-19, and great power competition
This applies to Covid, it applies to emergencies and to great power competition: We have got to figure out a way to let Congress oversee […]
Rickover’s concept of accountability differs from GAO
The Defense Department does not recognize the need for continuity in important jobs. It rotates officer every few years both at headquarters and in the […]
Rich-contextual capitalism and blockchain transparency
I am of the perspective that what we currently have is information-poor capitalism. We all agree that markets are really good at making decisions, but […]
Program managers subjected to luck, not accountability
Program managers are sometimes said to have the most important job in the Department of Defense, but there is also another faction that views the […]
Sunday Links
I guess we’ll never learn the ills of concurrency. Who keeps Congress accountable for bad decisions? Here’s Navy Matters on the CVN-78. Interesting Quora thread […]