Innovation in Government Business
Hosted by: Strategic Institute for Innovation in Government Contracting - Few subjects have been studied more than federal acquisition for the development and delivering of new capability and innovation. Since the 1980's the system has empirically and anecdotally demonstrated abysmal performance. The best and brightest have proffered solutions and Congress has followed with polices and mandates to encourage these. Leadership, specifically within the DoD has chosen to ignore these mandates. This is a rare case, where polices are far more advanced than practice, yet the stagnation continues and even gets worse. This podcast is for those interested in solving our Nation's critical technological challenges, by offering solutions, lessons learned, and highlighting the incredible potential of Other Transactions Agreements for fielding new advanced capability. If you are a federal acquisition professional or industry partner we invite you to explore the art of the possible.
Podcasting since 2022 • 54 episodes
Innovation in Government Business
Latest Episodes
New Other Transactions Guide: A Retreat from Innovation
The new (2023) Other Transactions Guide was waylaid by the DoD acquisition bureaucracy for a few years. Now out, the new guide, as expected, reflects business-as-usual thinking and a desire to limit the potential of these flexible authori...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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34:30
DoD: You have License to Think
A June 2023 Government Accountability Office report shows that DoD has a plethora of flexible authorities to use for more effectively pursuing and advancing knowledge and capability tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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34:53
The Narrow Mindedness of Defense Acquisition
Given the pitiful state of defense acquisition for R&D and delivering new capability defers risk to the warfighter, wastes taxpayer funding, shrinks the industrial base, steals from the future, and is an obvious threat to national security,...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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31:23
DoD's S&T Strategy 2023 is a "wish list" not strategy
OUSD R/E recently published "National Defense Science and Technology Strategy 2023" that contains ZERO consequential strategy and parrots what others have said ad nauseam. The document correctly identifies that there is a very seri...
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30:29
Unsticking DoD's Acquisition Process - easier done than talking about it FOREVER!
In this episode Rick Dunn, former DARPA General Counsel, talks with TC Hoot, a long time DoD Acquisition Program Manager, currently Senior Program Manager at MISI, a Partnership Intermediary serving U.S. Cyber C...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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30:01