Government contractors were not immune to the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19. There are more than 50,000 contractors doing business directly with the Department […]
The DoD’s extensive contracting workforce is closely supporting Health and Human Services in executing Other Transactions (OT) contracts for COVID-19 under the joint Operation Warp […]
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 […]
Researcher Maiya Clark at the Heritage Foundation joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss her recent paper on the Navy’s public shipyards as […]
Mike Petters, President and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries: “Lack of resiliency comes from an overemphasis on efficiency at expense of risk management. I was […]
Russ Roberts: Another way to say it–and, again, to put it into folksy terms that I also got from you–is that you care about–you don’t […]
Covid-19 proved the United States was industrially unprepared for an emergency. Pre-pandemic N95 mask production stood at just 4 percent the peak requirement of 100 […]
The success of the Nazi drive across Europe proved what the military of other nations had long suspected: that the complete disarmament of Germany after […]
A major DoD concern is the unfunded costs of execution during COVID-19. Section 3610 of the CARES Act allows the government to pay its contractors […]
Alexander Canizares joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the legal side of the acquisition system. He is a senior counsel at Perkins-Coie, […]
In a letter to committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the Democrats, most of whom are in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, urged the panel’s […]
In 2018 and 2019, $11.4 billion was spent through [Other Transactions Authority] OTAs, over twice as much as was spent on [Small Business Innovation Research] […]
Pete Newell joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss a range of issues around problem curation and lean methodology. He is the CEO […]
Defense Contract Management Agency data shows that about 106 out of 10,509 primary Pentagon contractors are closed. 68 companies have closed but subsequently reopened. On […]
Federal non-defense COVID-19 contract dollars saw a rapid increase during the month of March to an average of over $300 million obligated each day (Figure […]
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