Thought Leadership

Everything you need to understand the biggest federal topics, from opinions and commentary to white papers, multimedia reports and the latest reports and resources available.

Using Thrift Savings Plan investment options to fight climate change

The Thrift Savings Plan is offering a mutual fund window with far more investment options than before.

2 days ago

Ukraine arms transfers still tracked after US State Dept. kills report

There is a critical lack of transparency in U.S. arms transfers, and it's difficult to access data from the State, Defense and Commerce Departments.

4 days ago

Congress

How US nuclear testing moratorium launched a supercomputing revolution

Supercomputers at Los Alamos are being used for earthquake prediction, assessing the impacts of eroding coastlines, wildfire modeling and other tasks.

It’s time for Congress to bring back ‘Defense Valley’

Congress must ensure that our warfighters gain the most value possible from government and private sector technology development.

9 days ago

Multiyear contracts could solve plenty of Pentagon problems

Predictable dollars beget stability and multiyear procurement contracts should be the vehicle for it.

9 days ago

How NASA launches - and delays - hurt US defense innovation

By outsourcing the rocket’s R&D activities across more than 20 states, SLS has garnered much political support from many members of Congress.

10 days ago

How to ensure the US and its allies have the weapons they need

Prioritization, not capacity, is the real issue facing allies as they continue to supply Ukraine but also to ensure NATO members have enough defense items.

10 days ago

How government can rebuild trust in open-source software

Open-source software, which benefits developers by allowing them to streamline management of common features and tasks, can be defended from cyberattacks.

11 days ago

Why the US still must invest in homeland missile defense

At least four crucial considerations help make the case for sustaining and strengthening the homeland missile defense posture.

2 weeks ago

Congress must act on Small Biz Innovation Research reauthorization

There are two reasons given for Congress’ failure to reauthorize the 40-year-old program: national security and so-called SBIR mills.

3 weeks ago

‘Life Experience Frameworks’ can speed delivery of federal benefits

In terms of customer experience, the Life Experience Framework reduces time and hassle.

3 weeks ago

Artificial intelligence in government is about people, not programming

More than $2 billion has been allocated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy for AI research and development.

3 weeks ago