Will inflation cause a $110 billion loss in DoD buying power between FY21-FY23?
A new paper from recent AcqTalk guest John Whitley and two PPBE Reform commissioners David Norquist and Lisa Disbrow has been released: “How Inflation Hurts […]
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Visualizing the intellectual property strategy for a lifecycle sustainment plan
Here is the excellent Christopher Monsey in the Exceptional Release, Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies in Major System Acquisitions: What are We Missing? He asks the […]
Why the military accepts delivery of deficient systems
Here’s a quote from Henry Durham, a former production manager at Marietta George for Lockheed. He reported: When planes arrive at the flight line of […]
How should government own the technical baseline?
In 1989, Kodak contracted with IBM to outsource its IT operations, creating the IT outsourcing industry. Kodak’s IT outsourcing proved disastrous. With a 10-year, $250 […]
Should the DoD be picking winners and losers?
“The DoD was capable of picking winners and losers, and that’s what stopped in the 70s. A bunch of us in the startup world think […]
DHS rolls out commercial solutions openings
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)… will use the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies and services currently […]
Making the FAR sing isn’t enough — no one can be expert in all applicable laws, regs
The cost to the taxpayer of attempting to eliminate all risk is prohibitive. The Executive Branch will accept and manage the risk associated with empowering […]
Are OTA contracts being competed?
A number of nontraditional companies told CRS that they are more likely to work with DOD because of the department’s other transaction authorities. Despite these […]
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 […]
A discussion on program office organization
Following up on the podcast, here’s a bonus Q&A with the gracious Victor Deal: Eric: During the podcast, you said: “There’s this sense that perhaps […]