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Podcast: Managing Portfolios to Bridge DoD’s Valley of Death

December 20, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

I hosted a panel event with the the newly named Baroni Center for Government Contracting to discuss our recent report on how funding flexibility can […]

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What is portfolio management and how can it speed up defense tech insertion

December 16, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

Jerry McGinn and I joined Vago Muradian on the Defense and Aerospace report to discuss our recent webinar event with James Ruocco, Katie Wheelbarger, and […]

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Podcast: Getting weapons into production with USD A&S Bill LaPlante

November 10, 2022 Eric Lofgren 30

The Undersecretary for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD A&S) Bill LaPlante joined us at the 2022 Conference hosted by George Mason University and Defense Acquisition University. […]

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Data: How DoD reprogramming has changed (1961 – 2019)

May 10, 2022 Eric Lofgren 3

I talk a lot about budget portfolios and PPBE reform on this blog. Today’s excessive detail in the defense budget requires long planning timelines. By […]

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Space Force doubles down on budget portfolios, but must think carefully about the structure

August 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

“One of the things that we’re trying to do out of our office is to think about: How would we manage by portfolio as opposed […]

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Podcast: Next steps in acquisition reform with Dan Ward, Pete Modigliani, and Matt MacGregor

June 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have an impressive trio from MITRE join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the future of acquisition reform. Dan […]

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Tweet of the week: Defense modernization fail

May 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Summed up into a single #miltwitter meme. @AcqTalk @PeteModi @thedanward pic.twitter.com/Z5FaPYJ35O — The Merge (@MergeNewsletter) May 12, 2021 I like that thread because it highlights […]

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Podcast: PPBE Reform Panel 2 — From Ideas to Implementation

April 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

In this second discussion on the future of the Planning-Programming-Budgeting-Execution (PPBE) process, Center for Government Contracting executive director Jerry McGinn hosts a distinguished panel including: […]

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How can the Pentagon escape its Soviet-style acquisition system?

March 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD’s FY21 President’s Budget Request organizes major weapon systems via nine Mission Area Categories (MACs), which can also be viewed as Strategic Capabilities (Figure 4). These provide […]

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