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Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2015), Steven L. Schooner
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues (2015), Steven L. Schooner
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This paper, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2014), attempts to identify the key trends and issues in U.S. federal procurement for 2014. Consistent with prior practice, this chapter offers extensive coverage of the federal procurement, grant, and defense spending trends and attempts to predict what lies ahead, particularly with regard to legislative and executive activity (which, this year, was highlighted by Executive Order activity). The paper discusses, in addition to data, changes to OFPP and DoD leadership and the continued Defense Department Better Buying Power Initiative (now in version 3.0) and acquisition performance measurement …
Eyes On The Prize, Head In The Sand: Filling The Due Process Vacuum In Federally Administered Contests, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
Eyes On The Prize, Head In The Sand: Filling The Due Process Vacuum In Federally Administered Contests, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The article introduces readers to the recent proliferation of federal prize contests, which sovereigns have employed, albeit sporadically, since the mid-sixteenth century to incentivize breakthrough innovation. In the past decade, the federal government’s use of prize contests has skyrocketed, which makes sense in an era of constrained government resources. Prize contests offer seemingly unlimited potential to break through existing technological barriers at less expense than traditional innovation incentivizing tools such as contracts, grants, and patents. But that upside potential comes at a cost.
For every ebullient prizewinner, there are potentially innumerable “losers,” many of whom feel wronged, exploited, or, at …