A Guide to Federal Contracting

A Guide to Federal Contracting

Author: Dan Lindner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-08-14

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 1636710530

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A Guide to Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices demystifies the federal buying process, providing in one volume a succinct yet thorough treatment of federal contracting requirements or regulations. Bringing together concepts of business, law, politics, public and social policy, pricing, and contract placement and administration, Dan Lindner draws on 40 years of federal government experience to cover the vast spread of this important process that impacts our daily government operations. This completely updated second edition incorporates the nearly 16 regulatory changes that have occurred since the first edition was published and adds new subsections on Product Planning and Placement, Major Systems Acquisition, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Other Transaction Agreements, Corporate Budget, and Work Breakdown Structure.


The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense

The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2007-10-10

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0309179513

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This Congressionally-mandated report identifies areas for further cooperation with Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union under the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program of the Department of Defense in the specific area of prevention of proliferation of biological weapons. The report reviews relevant U.S. government programs, and particularly the CTR program, and identifies approaches for overcoming obstacles to cooperation and for increasing the long-term impact of the program. It recommends strong support for continuation of the CTR program.


Analysis of the Fy 2021 Defense Budget

Analysis of the Fy 2021 Defense Budget

Author: Todd Harrison

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781538140239

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Analysis of the FY 2021 Defense Budget from the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides an in-depth assessment of the Trump administration's request for national defense funding in FY 2021. The analysis addresses overall trends in the defense budget, changes in the FY 2021 request, and issues for Congress and the next administration to consider. It also covers the budgets of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Space Force.