One area of federal government acquisition that has always fascinated me is the concept of “strategic sourcing.”  The Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) website defines strategic sourcing as the collaborative and structured process of critically analyzing an organization’s spending and using this information to make business decisions. Strategic Sourcing involves the establishment or modification...

At the highest levels, Government contracting and Project Management share two approaches – Traditional and Agile. For many years, the Government has been trying to adopt and adapt Agile practices because the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L No. 104-106, 1996) made it mandatory.  However, making that transition has proven difficult! There are a number of issues...