Reducing uncertainty and discretion in development contracts
The market for defense R&D is imperfect and fails to provide a reliable mechanism by which the government can automatically secure performance at or near […]
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GMU Playbook: Reduce risk with modular contracting
In this week’s blog post on Mason GovCon’s acquisition playbook study, we discuss modular contracting for software-intensive systems. The Federal Acquisition Regulation prefers modular contracting […]
Defense acquisition decisions in a low-trust environment
The correct way to respond to a low-trust environment is not to double down on proceduralism, but to commit yourself to the “it does exactly what […]
Fitzhugh’s take on task partitioning and fly-before-you-buy
If you break it down into smaller units and you have more contractors in the business… It is not so vital in that situation for […]
Modular architecture, incremental decisions, and software acquisition
Jeff Boleng [USD(A&S) Special Assistant for Software]: Should we separate our hardware procurement and our software procurement, and maybe even look to different vendors to […]
Podcast with Victor Deal on contracting and innovation
Victor Deal talks with me on the role of contracting, how the price of a screw can be worth the tank it goes on, the […]