The Department of Defense (“DoD”) requested industry comments by April 28, 2021 to assist with the DoD’s forthcoming report identifying risks and policy recommendations regarding the supply chain for strategic and critical materials. The Apr. 13, 2021 Federal Register notice notes “the need for resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure U.S. economic prosperity
By Hal Perloff
Energy is a national security issue. The U.S. defense industry represents one of the world’s largest markets for energy, and the cost and availability of energy directly affects military capabilities and readiness. Department of Defense leaders are revamping how DOD uses energy and determining which fuels offer the best overall investment, prices,
From 30,000 feet, we all know about the dramatic increase in federal contract expenditures over the last 10 years. An interesting report [pdf] published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies takes a much closer look at DOD contract spending since 1990. It does a good job of quantifying the increase in service contracts