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Agile development isn’t new to defense, it was just cast out by the “whiz kids”

June 19, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

It seems clear that the reciprocity of innovation and requirement is unusually important during the period when demonstrations of feasibility are being attempted. The character […]

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Consciously creating competition in government

February 7, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

What is the appropriate role of government in society? That’s the classical liberal question. And then what is the machinery of freedom that brings it […]

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The issue of centralized control in defense budgeting

February 28, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In assessing change many observers are inclined to stress the more dramatic shifts in policy or even the stated goals of policy. They are perhaps […]

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