How, in the overly bureaucratic world of government contracting, the military services have and are able to leverage emerging technologies and quickly test and evaluate them for warfighter use? One potential technique that is underutilized is 10 U.S. Code section … Continued
If received via email, click upper right to go to website for the podcast. “We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.” – Christof, The Truman Show In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute discusses the unique … Continued
March 9, 1934, Cheyenne, Wyoming, two Douglas O-38 observation planes were directed to relocate to Salt Lake City to pick up U.S. Mail for delivery over the west coast mail route. As a result of a scandal the Post-Master … Continued
In this podcast, Strategic Institute highlights the opportunities, mandated by Congress (2018 & 2023) and now the President (2025), to use flexible acquisition authorities and create teams (Special Acquisition Forces) to explore, experiment with new and different business approaches … Continued
There is a battle between innovation and convenience, creativity versus compliance, expanding consciousness or constricting it. A front-line in improving federal acquisition is being fought over Other Transactions (OTs); flexible agreements intended to liberate program teams and inject creativity and … Continued
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute, discusses why defense acquisition, a well-known weakness in the process for R&D and delivering new advanced capabilities, stays the course despite urgent needs and mandates. A problem decades in the making, DoD does not … Continued
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute highlights their long standing message of teaming for success. It is widely believed that family is the essential building block of society/civilization, just like a team is for any significant endeavor or enterprise. Federal … Continued
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute gets back to basics, asking what is the purpose of Other Transactions, why were they created, what is their ‘mission’? The answer, while misunderstood by many, is simple and clear. Additionally, we tackle … Continued
In this podcast episode, we discuss the opportunity to make improvements in defense acquisition for R&D and new capabilities by recognizing and jettisoning systems and processes that have become institutionally corrupt, those which no longer prioritize their purpose or mission, … Continued
When it comes to innovating federal business practices for R&D and delivering new capabilities a frequently identified roadblock to bettering processes are government lawyers. Government lawyers tend to err on the side of bureaucratic myth and lore over actual law, … Continued