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Did fear of competition send lobbyists running to the Hill?

January 22, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The 2019 budget actually allocates R&D funding for accelerated acquisition of urgently needed technologies of the Navy’s choice, Kilby said, rather than specifying every line […]

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How are defense officials captured by industry?

January 21, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Regulatory capture happens when Government officials bias policies in favor of the firms supposedly being regulated. Usually there is no overt corruption involved in capture. […]

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Views on the defense industrial report

December 20, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

First, were you aware that the Pentagon even had an Office of Defense Industrial Policy? It sounds suspiciously like the kind of government organization that engages in economic planning, a practice anathema not just to Republicans but to many Democrats as well.

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