Reforming the Federal Contracts and Grants System
Proposed RFO Rule Would Create Procurement Integrity-Specific Process for Protecting or Releasing Contractors’ Proprietary Information
Greenberg Traurig - On June 23, 2026, as part of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) process, the FAR Council issued four separate proposed rules...
CUI, FOCI, Quantum, and CMMC: The Federal Government Issues a Wave of Proposed Rules to Safeguard Government Information
Blank Rome - Ernest Hemingway once wrote that bankruptcy happens “gradually and then suddenly.” The same can be said about federal information safeguarding rules....
Rebuilding America’s Critical Minerals Base
War on the Rocks - There's a clear consensus that America hollowed out its critical minerals base. How to rebuild it is less settled....
How the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass Missile Is Transforming Defense Acquisition
ExecutiveGov - The Pentagon is on a munitions shopping spree to replenish depleted stocks, and one of its top priorities is the Air Force’s...
Can the Pentagon’s Contracting System Keep Pace With the Demands of Today’s Battlefield?
Federal News Network - Modern warfare puts a premium on speed. A new report argues that when the Pentagon can move quickly from identifying...
Bill to Modernize Federal Procurement Passes House After Stalling Last Congress
FedScoop - A bill that would modernize the federal procurement system passed the House under suspension of rules Monday. The legislation from Reps. Eric...
A New Vision for DIU
DIU (Defense Innovation Unit) announced a major restructuring, consolidating from seven portfolios to three "spearheads": Autonomous Warfare, Kill Web, and 10X (radical cost/speed reduction)....
The Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital Introduces National Security Fund Finance Program
The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) is pleased to announce the introduction of the National Security Fund Finance (NSFF) program, which...
The Pentagon Built a Faster Engine, Nobody Built the Steering
The Cipher Brief - The Department of War has just executed the most ambitious acquisition reform in six decades. It scrapped JCIDS—the requirements process...
If Adaptability Is Our Competitive Advantage, Why Don’t We Invest in It?
Modern War Institute - If Adaptability Is Our Competitive Advantage, Why Don’t We Invest in It? At a recent defense conference I was at,...
Commercial-First Acquisition Will Fail Unless the Workforce Sees It Work
Grist Mill Exchange - Despite a year of the loudest procurement-reform rhetoric in a generation — Executive Orders 14402 and 14271, Secretary Hegseth’s “commercial...
Defense Industry Shifts Procurement Model to Speed Drone Deployment
DefenseScoop - The rapid evolution of software-centric vehicles on the battlefield has placed new pressures on the Department of War to restructure its acquisition...
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