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From “Beltway Bandits” to mission partners

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Yet contractors are often viewed as outsiders, sometimes even labeled “Beltway Bandits,” and rarely appreciated for their contributions to the public good. Treating contractors as ‘mission partners’ means seeing them as key contributors to the public service mission, rather than as adjuncts. This needs to change.

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A quick win for DOGE? Make procurement competitive again

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While Elon Musk is aiming to make good on the plans he outlined in November to cut the federal government down to size, he is also working well within his comfort zone and official mandate: software modernization. Now is the time to use that pressure for the public good. As the largest single IT customer in the world, the U.S.