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Is DoD wasting the creative resources of the country by dictating solutions?

July 8, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here is David Soergel, an industry consultant testifying to Congress in the 1975 hearing, “Major Systems Acquisition.” Sometimes new technology can offer solutions to problems […]

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How should cost estimators respond to rapid acquisition?

January 7, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

As the Department of Defense keeps up the pressure on rapid acquisition, all functional areas are wondering how they can best support the policies. Cost […]

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The backlash to Packard’s rapid acquisition and reform: a warning

December 11, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

David Packard left office as DepSecDef in December 1971, and a few years later with the passage of OMB Circular A-109 and updates to the […]

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