Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
DoD Memorandum – Unifying the Department’s Arms Transfer and Security Cooperation Enterprise to Improve Efficiency and Enable Burden-Sharing
The Department of Defense issued a memorandum on improving the effectiveness and transparency of the arms transfer and security cooperation enterprise. The memo states...
Watch Secretary Hegseth’s Speech on the Transformation of Defense Acquisition
On November 7, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed defense industry CEOs and government program managers regarding changes to DoD's acquisition system. Hegseth said...
Preliminary Takeaways as DoD Seeks to Redesign the Defense Acquisition System for Wartime Speed
Blank Rome - During a speech before key players in the defense industrial base on Friday, November 7, Secretary Hegseth announced plans for a...
Warfighting at Warp Speed: Why Defense Contractors Must Track the Department of War’s Acquisition Overhaul
PilieroMazza - The Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on November 7, 2025, that the U.S. Department of War (DOW) is dropping a game-changing...
Acquisition Transformation: How to Make it Last
War on the Rocks - There are plenty of elements to praise in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s acquisition transformation announcement last week. The...
The Pentagon Wants to Buy Weapons Faster. What Will It Cost?
Air & Space Forces - The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with higher near-term costs,...
Speed Is Central to DoD Sweeping Acquisition Reform, But Not a ‘Mandate’
Federal News Network - While delivering capabilities at speed is at the core of the Defense Department’s acquisition system shakeup, the Pentagon's top acquisition...
Pentagon Keen to Recruit Fresh Acquisition Workforce Talent as It Jumpstarts Procurement Reforms
DefenseScoop - The Pentagon’s pool of acquisition experts may grow in the months ahead, following major reforms senior officials announced on Friday to drastically...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Unveils DOD Overhaul of Arms Transfer
ExecutiveGov - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued new guidance aimed at unifying its arms transfer and security cooperation enterprise to improve efficiency, strengthen...
DoD Memorandum – Transforming the Warfighting Acquisition System to Accelerate Fielding of Capabilities
The Department of Defense has issued a memorandum outlining a restructuring of the defense acquisition system. The memory notes that "oday's unacceptably slow acquisition...
A Conversation with Former Chairman, Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.
War on the Rocks - In a recent conversation, Gen. (ret.) CQ Brown, Jr. shared his insights on America’s defense industrial enterprise and how...
The Pentagon Must Activate this Powerful, Underused Approach to Acquisition
Defense One - As Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes to speed up the development and fielding of new weapons and systems, he should look to...
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Feb 27: Government Contracts and Grants - Mass Terminations and Claims
Feb 10: Foreign Assistance Contracts and Grants - The Canary in the Coal Mine for Federally-Funded Programs
Jan 31: Unfreezing Funding, Avoiding Furloughs, and Other Measures
Jan 29: Foreign Assistance Implementers: Moving from Outrage to Action
Jan 25: What to Do Next in Response to the Foreign Aid Freeze
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Jan 21: Trump's Executive Order Freezing Foreign Assistance
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