Jerry McGinn

Will the new defense industrial strategy actually produce results?

The latest must-read, issued by the Pentagon last week, is the first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy. It acknowledges that America’s manufacturing…

Defense

How the Defense Department can improve surge capacity in the supply chain

Defense

Federal News Network

Not even the United States can win a war if it runs out of ammunition

Defense Industry

(U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a training exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Va. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touch Point, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)

Who should staff the arsenal of democracy, feds or contractors?

Tom Temin Commentary

How DoD’s own budget process keeps the military on the wrong side of the ‘valley of death’

Contracting

Federal News Network

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

Defense

Federal News Network

Fed-turned-academic is now back helping the Defense Department

Contracting

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DPA will help Biden lead a more federal-centric response to COVID

Contracting

Acquisition lessons from the pandemic that could stick around

Acquisition

In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2019 and released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer, 435th Air Expeditionary Wing photojournalist, salutes the flag during a ceremony signifying the change from tactical to enduring operations at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya. The al-Shabab extremist group said Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 that it has attacked the Camp Simba military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya, while Kenya's military says the attempted pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed. (Staff Sgt. Lexie West/U.S. Air Force via AP)

New HHS buying authorities among options available under Defense Production Act

Acquisition Policy

Congress may be turning against recently confirmed CMO role for DoD

Federal Drive

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GMU’s Dr. Jerry McGinn: Happy warrior for contracting and acquisition learning

In this interview, McGinn discusses a range of contracting-related topics with Federal News Network’s Tom Temin.

Federal Insights

New government contracting center aims to fill independent research, education void

George Mason University in Virginia officially launched the Center for Government Contracting to focus on policy, business and regulatory issues that impact…

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