#procurement-reform

#procurement-reform

The basic idea of share-in-savings is quite simple and straightforward: a contractor is paid, in part or in some instances completely, not through appropriated funds but in the form of a percentage of the cost savings their efforts generate. At the time, I praised this effort as the ultimate form of performance-based contracting and as a polar opposite to a contractor being paid for just showing up.

An executive order unveiled by the White House in late July aims to "unleash" the U.S. drone industry. The initiative includes billions in federal investments to accelerate the deployment of unmanned systems across defense, homeland security, and critical infrastructure. As the order makes clear, drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are no longer a nascent sector; they are now platforms of power.