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Defense is too big, complex, dispersed to be managed from a single point

March 6, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

It has been suggested in some quarters that I am unwilling to decentralize decision-making authority. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I strongly believe […]

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Acquisition workforce confined to a fishbowl

June 4, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Sixteen years ago, the National Commission on the Public Service (known as the “Second Volcker Commission”), reported that the federal government was not adequately staffed […]

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Only the highly efficient can burden inefficient processes

March 12, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

“It is a good thing that we are a rich country, because poorer countries just could not afford to waste this kind of money,” the […]

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