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Review Essay: Reading The Dream Machine: The Untold Story Of The Notorious V-22 Osprey, By Richard Whittle, In Light Of The Defense Acquisition Performance Study, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
Review Essay: Reading The Dream Machine: The Untold Story Of The Notorious V-22 Osprey, By Richard Whittle, In Light Of The Defense Acquisition Performance Study, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This review commends The Dream Machine to a broad range of readers, including public contracts attorneys, acquisition policy officials, contracts professionals, program managers, government procurement law students, as well as consumers of military history. It’s a remarkable story told with style. The review juxtapose some aspects of the author’s exhaustive case study of this seemingly problematic program against the Defense Department’s nascent effort to assess the performance of the Defense Acquisition System. We make no secret of our belief that DoD’s acquisition performance assessment has the potential to become one of the most significant recent developments in defense acquisition. Among …
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues, Steven L. Schooner, David Berteau
Emerging Policy And Practice Issues, Steven L. Schooner, David Berteau
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This paper, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2013), attempts to identify the key trends and issues in U.S. federal procurement for 2013. Consistent with prior practice, this chapter offers extensive coverage of the federal procurement spending trend and attempts to predict what lies ahead. Budgetary and financial insecurity were less significant last year, but there is no question that the spending reduction represents a meaningful change in the long-term trend. More broadly, the paper discusses agency purchasing data (particularly at the Defense Department), grants spending and major changes in uniform guidance, the continued Defense …