Below you'll find a list of all posts from February, 2019
By Troy Barnes – Feb. 25, 2019 Overpayments — that is, payments to workers or companies that are duplicated or misrouted — are a fact of life in both the public and private sectors. Businesses and agencies that don’t have a reliable process in place to quickly detect and recoup these overpayments may be at risk of waste, fraud, and …
By Samir Naqvi – Feb. 18, 2019 Space has been known as “the final frontier” since Star Trek first hit television screens—but to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), space is the final frontier of military defense. It’s vital for the DoD to research and develop new ways to tackle space-related threats, whether from other world superpowers or even extraterrestrial …
By Troy Barnes – Feb. 11, 2019 The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars each year through its many acquisition and procurement programs. Because this constitutes such a significant percentage of the DoD budget, acquisition reform efforts are a top priority. In fact, acquisition reform was one of only three lines of effort highlighted in the 2018 …
By Samir Naqvi – Feb. 4, 2019 The recent government shutdown helped reveal just how many federal contractors exist today. The Department of Defense (DoD) alone utilizes the services of more than 600,000 contractors spread across 50,000 companies. These contractors work both domestically and abroad, with some working on temporary short-term contracts while others consider themselves “lifers.” Until recently, policing the security …
