Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
DoD Awards Framework Agreements for Low-Cost Missiles
DoD has signed framework agreements with five companies — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, Zone 5, and Castelion — to rapidly expand U.S. military strike capacity...
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...
US’ High-Tech Defense Manufacturing that Offers Precision at Large Scale Set to Be Accelerated
Interesting Engineering - A top U.S. laboratory has taken a significant step to accelerate high-tech defense manufacturing. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has...
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,...
Working ‘Outside the Lines’ to Scale Production Isn’t Working
Breaking Defense - For years, the Pentagon’s answer to a slow, rigid, and risk-averse acquisition system was to build workarounds. Organizations like the Defense...
‘Highly Problematic for a Thousand Reasons’: NIH Employees Criticize Trump-Era Requirement to Scrutinize Grants with Words Related to Diversity
Government Executive - As the Trump administration continues its effort to root out federal funding for diversity initiatives, the National Institutes of Health has...
Pentagon Reaches Agreements with Defense Firms on Containerized Missiles
Defense News - The Pentagon is set to announce framework agreements that position it to potentially acquire over 10,000 low-cost, containerized missiles over three...
USAID’s Abrupt Shutdown Increased Violence in Africa, Study Shows
Defense One - Last year’s abrupt termination of USAID caused roughly 10-percent increases in conflict events and combat deaths in Africa, according to peer-reviewed...
GAO Report – Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation and Achieve an Additional One Hundred Billion Dollars or More in Future Financial Benefits
GAO is required to annually report on federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives—either within departments or government-wide—that have potentially duplicative goals or activities. As...
Hegseth Announces Creation of “Deal Team Six” to Negotiate Defense Contracts
In a video posted on X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the establishment of a team of the "most talented negotiators in the private...
GAO – A Snapshot of Government-Wide Contracting for FY 2025
GAO's updated interactive dashboard provides details on how the federal government spends contracting dollars. It includes features that allow the public to filter spending...
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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