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Innovations for National Security: DHS S&T Tackles Fentanyl Detection and Alternative Maritime Fuels
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is at the forefront of solving some of the nation’s most pressing security challenges. Two recent initiatives highlight their collaborative approach to innovation: the fight against fentanyl and preparing ports for...
Advancing Unmanned Systems: New Developments in Air, Land, and Sea Autonomy
Unmanned systems continue to play a growing role in defense, security, and emergency response. Recent announcements from DARPA, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Marine Corps highlight new advancements in autonomous maritime, aerial, and counter-unmanned systems (C-UAS)...
Army’s Latest AI “Teammates”
Picture this: You show up to work, but instead of asking your colleague how their day is, a futuristic robotic vehicle is at your command. This is the Department of Defense’s vision for troop-helping technology on the battlefield. The end goal is for robots to act as artificial intelligence...
Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Hudson Institute’s Report on Mobilizing U.S. Weapons Production
The Hudson Institute’s recent report, “Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Exploiting America’s Commercial Strengths to Mobilize Weapons Production”, highlights critical challenges facing the U.S. defense industrial base and offers recommendations to enhance weapons production capacity. As...
Resource: The Digital Services Playbook
The American people expect to interact with government through digital channels such as websites, email, and mobile applications. By building digital services that meet their needs, we can make the delivery of our policy and programs more effective.
Today, too many of our digital services projects...
Florence Kasule`s Story: Procurement Director, Acquisition Nerd, and Bureaucracy Slayer
Episode 22 of the Public Sector Heroes Podcast feat. Florence Kasule
Written by Talia Semaan
On the latest episode of the Public Sector Heroes podcast, we welcome self-described acquisition nerd and bureaucracy slayer, Florence Kasule. Florence is currently the Director of Procurement at United...
Resource: The Ad Hoc Government Digital Services Playbook
The Ad Hoc Government Digital Services Playbook compiles what we’ve learned from four years of delivering digital services for government clients. Our playbook builds on and extends the Digital Services Playbook by the United States Digital Service. The USDS playbook is a valuable set of...
DoD Office of Strategic Capital Releases FY25 Investment Strategy
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has unveiled its Fiscal Year 2025 Investment Strategy, outlining key priorities for supporting critical technologies that strengthen national security. This strategy focuses on leveraging private capital to accelerate the development...
The relevance of category management today and into the future
Back in 1983, Kraljic¹ stated that ‘no company can allow purchasing to lag behind other departments in acknowledging and adjusting to worldwide environmental and economic changes’. In essence, he was saying that as purchasing skills had been developed and established in an era of relative...
Microsoft Mesh: The Virtual Future
Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens, appeared in “The Verge” author Tom Warren’s living room to hand him jellyfish and sharks. No, that wasn’t a strange dream or animated show. This was possible because of Microsoft’s new Mesh platform. Mesh is a collaborative platform that...
Countering the Threat from Unmanned Systems: DoD and DIU Looking to Strengthen Counter-UAS Capabilities
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have recently unveiled new initiatives aimed at countering the growing threat of unmanned systems. These announcements underscore the U.S. military’s commitment to developing cutting-edge solutions to address the evolving...
Government Funded Examples of Clean Technology And Advanced Energy
As part of our ongoing research and analysis in critical emerging tech markets, this article presents some initial takeaways from Public Spend Forum’s analysis of the U.S. Government’s investments in Advanced Energy and Clean Tech technologies. The ultimate goal of our ongoing research is to...
