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Blog Post: Sequestration Through a Glass Darkly, More Darkly than Ever

Yesterday, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget OMB Jeffrey Zients and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter went to Capital Hill...

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Going Green is Putting Defense in the Red

The business of defending the nation should not be the opportunity for the Defense Department to experiment at the expense of precious budget with technologies rightly the province of the commercial market. But, that is exactly what is happening

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Empowerment (Not Just Another Buzzword)

Ronald Reagan once said, “The greatest leader is not the one who does the greatest things. The greatest leader is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things.”

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Of Course It’s Time To Do Something

Just finished Walter Pincus’ Washington Post article, Defense Procurement Problems Won’t Go Away. In the article he takes us on a journey....

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Sequestration: “What, me worry?”

From time to time I reflect on the timeless wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman of “Mad Magazine” renown. His “what me worry?” philosophy of life....

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Myths of What Defense Acquisition Professionals Think of the Defense Industry

Over time I’ve observed that there is a flawed way of thinking about the aerospace and defense industry adopted by the Department of Defense acquisition community and in some cases prompted by academics.

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