Center for Government Contracting Media Mentions

Jason Miller with Federal News Network wrote an interesting article on congressional approval for next year's budget. Emily Murphy, Senior Fellow with the Baroni Contracting Center is quoted sharing insights for government executives on how best to monitor the budget process and how agencies can engage with their Congressional Affairs office.

ExecutiveGov mentions Emily Murphy's Commentary, "Section 876 of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act."

The era of great power competition is well and truly upon us and more than this, the global order Australia depends on is under direct assault with no signs of slowing down. As many of our allies have begun to emphasise their own industrial capacity, it is now clear we need to begin focusing on ourselves as well. - Jerry McGinn quoted

ComDef Interview meeting with Dr. Jerry McGinn on industrial base issues and international participation. DPA, NTIB and AUKUS also covered.

Jerry McGinn quoted in Virginia Business article focused on small business entry into government contracting.

Jerry McGinn interviewed by Spectrum News 1 Texas on the possible impacts of a government debt default on the military

Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said the service anticipates somewhere between 20-30 competitors to build the drones themselves, and that a similar number of contractors are already part of a vendor pool providing autonomous technologies. Michael Marrow with Breaking Defense covered the May 18, 2023 Fireside Chat with Andrew Hunter

A breach of the debt ceiling could do “long-lasting and profound damage” to the defense industrial base, the Air Force’s top acquisition official said Thursday. Stephen Losey, Defense News, covered the May 18, 2023 Fireside Chat with Andrew Hunter

There is a “heavy focus” on non-traditional companies in the competition for the Air Force’s “collaborative combat aircraft” program, said Andrew Hunter, the service’s acquisition chief. Some defense primes will be competing as well, he added, to build drones that the service plans to fly alongside its manned fighters. Audrey Decker, Staff Writer for Defense One, covered the May 18, 2023 Fireside Chat with Andrew Hunter

A Commentary by Richard Beutel, senior fellow at the Baroni Center, suggests policy makers should at least contemplate the potential loss of product innovation and diversity available to the federal government under this new [Biden Administration] cybersecurity proposal.