DoD Chief Software Officer leaves post, outlines acquisition challenges
Here is Jason Weiss, the DoD’s first Chief Software Officer, talking with Jared Serbu on the On DoD podcast. Weiss recently left his post after […]
color of money
Are 80 percent of lifecycle costs predestined by PDR?
One of the potential pitfalls of the rapid prototyping path could be the neglect of production and sustainment costs in the effort to ensure that […]
How should budget appropriations be reorganized?
Congress should reorganize appropriations titles (the “color of money”) to reflect the kind of life cycle a thing has, not what part of the life […]
Ship maintenance required some legal creativity under CRs
Here’s the Navy getting “legally creative” with contracts to keep ship maintenance on track back in 2017: The Navy has gotten creative in dealing with […]