Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
Unleashing the Defense Production Act to Boost Domestic Energy
Burr & Forman - On April 20, 2026, the White House issued five presidential determinations invoking Title III of the Defense Production Act (“DPA”)...
The Unfinished Weapon: Why America’s Push for Speed in Defense Acquisition Could Still Field Systems that Can’t Survive the Fight
Federal News Network - A new system arrives in the field faster than any previous version. The program was delivered ahead of schedule. The...
Scaling Patriot Production: The Industrial Base Crisis Explained
RealClear Defense - For decades, U.S. grand strategy was famously called “Command of the Commons,” the ability to dominate every war-fighting domain to shape...
From Paper Reform to Practice: How Agencies Are Actually Implementing the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
Covington - Over one year ago, on May 2, 2025, the FAR Council took the first concrete step in the administration’s “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul”...
Deal Team Six: Finally, the Pentagon Makes Defense Contractors an Offer They Can’t Refuse
RealClear Defense - On May 7, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released a video that made me laugh out loud in the best way...
Fixed-Price Contracting Works. But Not If the Government Outsources Ambiguity
Uncommon Leadership - The new Executive Order is right to push the government to fixed-price contracting. Too many programs still reward activity over outcomes,...
Agentic AI Just Proved It Can Fix Federal Procurement — Now let’s Scale It
NextGov/FCW - Every year, federal agencies evaluate thousands of vendor proposals worth billions of taxpayer dollars through a process that is slow, inconsistent, and...
The “Once 8(a), Always 8(a)–or HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB” Rule, Where Are We Now?
Koprince McCall Pottroff - For better or for worse, these federal procurement “times they are a-changin’.” One obvious source of recent change is the...
DoD Seeks “Unprecedented Level of Visibility” into the Supply Chain Under Newly Proposed Regulations
Blank Rome - The Department of Defense (DoD) released a proposed rule on May 7, 2026, that would significantly expand Foreign Ownership, Control, and...
Can the Pentagon Embrace Commercial Acquisition?
American Enterprise Institute - The United States government has historically struggled with accessing the benefits of the commercial market for defense purposes. The Trump...
FAS 2.0 Becomes ASD/Create: GSA’s Quiet Rewiring of Federal Procurement Power
Federal News Network - The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has long been the government’s workhorse — running schedules, managing contracts and keeping...
New Bills Would Eliminate WOSB Program
Steven Koprince - The federal government’s Women-Owned Small Business Program would be eliminated under bills recently introduced in the House and Senate. If enacted,...
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