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National Defense February 2008 Joseph J. Summerill	Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts.
National Defense April 2007 Steffes & Burnside	Restrictions on Flight Simulators Questioned A legislative restriction on providing flight simulators to the military services has the potential to seriously impact the readiness of our aviators in the military services.
National Defense February 2015 Will Goodman	The Acquisition System Can Be Improved One Step at a Time Although everyone seems to agree that acquisition reform is necessary and helpful, few are prepared to sacrifice their prerogatives to bring it about.
National Defense October 2010 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Pressure on Defense Companies Grows, Will Continue to Mount Much has been said about the approaching and converging financial storm fronts on the defense industry and the projected budget adjustments.
National Defense July 2005 Dorn McGrath	When Are Defense Contracts In Effect `Non-Defense'? For several years, Congress has been concerned that the Defense Department's use of "assisting" procurement agencies and other contracting vehicles has concealed poor acquisition planning or attempts to circumvent limits placed on funding.
National Defense March 2007	Little Known Legislation Takes Federal Contractors By Surprise If implemented, the requirement of Section 511 of Public Law 109-222 will have a significant impact on the defense industry, especially small businesses.
National Defense July 2005 Edward Swallow	Revised Acquisition Policy Will Help Space Programs The Defense Department during the past four months has begun implementing a new acquisition policy for space systems, which will bring about sweeping changes in how programs are awarded and managed.
National Defense April 2006	Greater Procurement Role Sought for Small Businesses The National Defense Industrial Association is placing major emphasis upon expanding small business participation in procurements by the Defense Department and other federal agencies.
National Defense February 2007 Pete M. Steffes	Accountability and Transparency Act Passed When fully implemented, this measure will affect all federal contracts, prime contractors and subcontractors. This article is a brief summary of its requirements.
National Defense April 2004 Tyrone Taylor & Ben Stone	Small Business Division Reviews First Year The National Defense Industrial Association refocused its efforts to represent the interests of its small business members by creating the Small Business Division. Its mission is to focus specifically on issues affecting small business defense contractors.
National Defense February 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	To Improve Cyber-Security, U.S. Needs Cohesive Public-Private Partnership NDIA member companies recently put together a white paper on the necessity to better acquire and field cyber-capabilities.
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Reform Agenda Targets Acquisition Workforce The Pentagon's cadre of "professional shoppers" could see a wave of reforms in the coming years, as the Defense Department remains under unrelenting pressure to fix its buying practices.
National Defense April 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Consistency, Consensus Needed on Industry Profits Although there is a widespread perception that defense contracts yield healthy profits, in reality, the way government officials view profits can be drastically different from the way industry measures that profit.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer.
National Defense May 2010 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Administration's Export Reforms Are a Step in the Right Direction President Barack Obama believes the U.S. export control system is rooted in the Cold War era and must be updated to address the threats the nation faces today and in the changing economic and technological landscape.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
National Defense April 2008 Peter M. Steffes	Sustaining Workforce is NDIA's Top Issue The National Defense Industrial Association identified the sustaining of the U.S. national security workforce advantage as its number one priority in 2008.
National Defense July 2011 Linda Hillmer	Networking is Essential for Small Businesses The nation's largest defense contractors, many of whom are world-renowned for major weapons systems, are members of NDIA, but so are some of the country's most innovative small businesses.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Can Congress Keep Up the Pressure on Acquisition Reform? A recent groundswell of legislative and regulatory actions to reform Defense Department weapon acquisition practices may not lead to meaningful change if the efforts are not kept up for years to come
National Defense February 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Industrial Base Issues on the Agenda for 2007 Six issues that affect everyone involved in the business of providing goods and services to the nation's military, homeland security agencies and first responders.
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling	Small Firms Seeking Federal Contracts Face Uphill Climb Pentagon officials are fond of saying that small businesses are critical engines of innovation. According to recent government statistics, however, the Defense Department awards fewer contracts to small firms than it is obligated under federal guidelines.
National Defense March 2011	Statement of Defense Industry Ethics In November 2004, after several months of in-depth review the National Defense Industrial Association finalized and published its Code of Ethics. Five years later in 2009, NDIA undertook to review, and, in a small number of ways made minor but we believe worthy revisions.
National Defense February 2013	NDIA Urges Preservation of Government-Industry Dialogue National Defense Industrial Association President Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. emphasized the necessity for government-industry communication and the problems caused by recent complex and restrictive conference participation procedures imposed on Defense Department personnel.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Reeder	Association Unveils New Ethics Code for Industry The National Defense Industrial Association's Ethics Committee has developed a benchmark statement of industry ethics for companies to incorporate into their day-to-day business.
National Defense May 2010	NDIA Supporter Murray J. Schooner Passes Away Schooner served the National Defense Industrial Association in a leadership capacity for three decades, devoting most of his knowledge and expertise to the numerous complex issues associated with subcontracting and supplier diversity.
National Defense November 2015 Arnold L. Punaro	Challenges, Opportunities Ahead for Defense In a world characterized by increasing threats and instability, the inability of the government to complete its most basic task of funding national defense is a disturbing inconsistency.
National Defense December 2015 Mike McCord	Bipartisan Budget Act a Positive Step The secretary of defense and other leaders of the Pentagon have called on Congress to come together to address the sequestration problem by repealing or significantly increasing the spending caps contained in the Budget Control Act of 2011
National Defense January 2015 Arnold L. Punaro	New Leadership a Boost to National Security The new leadership of the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees will build on the already strong bipartisan record of supporting a strong national security.
National Defense December 2015 Craig R. McKinley	The Year Ends on Some Positive Notes There have been some positive developments during the past few weeks that pertain to our national security and the immediate health and future prospects of the nation's defense industry.
National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
National Defense January 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Corporate Self-Governance Remains an Imperative The ethics-related issues that have put the defense industry on the front pages in recent weeks obviously have prompted concerns among business leaders.