Tom Temin Commentary
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Few totally new ideas hatch under the stars, but some old ones gain currency. Here are two having to do with contracting.
July 26, 2016 -
Wiggle in with program people early in the acquisition cycle so that contracting officers know exactly what it is the program needs or is trying to do.
July 25, 2016 -
Feds don't feel they occupy a cubicle just to follow rules and push the proverbial paper. They know their missions and endeavor to really support them.
July 25, 2016 -
This week's Republican and next week's Democratic conventions are like the distractions during a baseball game designed to keep fans entertained.
July 21, 2016 -
The Veterans Health Administration recommendations include items AFGE, the Commissioners and most everyone else for whom VA issues matter, can agree on.
July 20, 2016 -
The Army is approaching the migration the way it might approach Fallujah or Normandy — all out.
July 19, 2016 -
As federal law enforcement increasingly adopts body-mounted video, footage from local police is starting to show both the potential and the limitations of this technology.
July 18, 2016 -
Beyond the bright lines of the Hatch Act, politicking at the office is bad form.
July 13, 2016 -
Elimination of earmarks, now in its fifth year or so, has drained Congress of the oil that makes legislation turn over.
July 12, 2016 -
Cleveland and then Philadelphia are about to happen. One thing for sure, the rhetoric coming out of either city won't be pretty.
July 11, 2016 -
Of 20 daily suicides, six were users of VA services. On the surface, that looks like the VA itself is a factor in preventing suicide.
July 08, 2016 -
Anchored in big, old-fashioned hospitals, VA lacks flexibility to offer more localized care, in more fine-tuned facilities.
July 07, 2016 -
These episodes tug on that tension line between political appointees and career people.
July 06, 2016 -
Why would you want a daily email about your physical mail? According to the Postal Service, it turns out, people have lots of reasons.
July 05, 2016 -
The signers admonished King George III. He answered with continued "blows" to decide the question of independence.
July 04, 2016