Center for Government Contracting Commentaries

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn wrote a commentary for The Hill that provides a history and use of the Defense Production Act since it was enacted. He also offers insights regarding the application of DPA to combat COVID-19. 

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn wrote a commentary for Business Insider about how the pandemic has “…dramatically exposed significant weaknesses in our public health and pharmaceutical industrial base and supply chain, specifically our dependence on China for much of the material and production capacity essential for the COVID-19 response.”

Center for Government Contracting Senior Fellow Eric Lofgren wrote a commentary for DefenseNews entitled, “Will Defense Budgets Remain ‘Sticky’ After the COVID-19 Pandemic?” Defense budget “stickiness” means that spending will not even start to decrease until FY22 and beyond.   

Center for Government Contracting Senior Research Fellow Jim Hasik wrote a commentary for DefenseNews about why he thinks the Pentagon should be closed.  

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn wrote a commentary entitled “Could The Coronavirus Jump Start U.S. Defense Acquisition Reform?” for The National Interest in which he points out how COVID-19 has changed defense acquisition for the better. 

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn wrote an essay for The Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Index of Military Strength entitled, “Building Resilience: Mobilizing the Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Great-Power Competition.”

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn wrote a commentary for The Hill entitled, “Continuity is (mostly) on the menu for government contracting in the next administration.” The commentary points out many ways in which government contracting will remain unchanged in the case of a presidential transition.

Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn and Daniel Kaniewski, Marsh and McLennan managing director, wrote an op-ed for Defense One on the Defense Production Act (DPA) entitled, “Where Does the Defense Production Act Go from Here?”

In a commentary for DefenseNews, Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn and Board Chairman John Hillen promote the value of adopting an innovation ecosystem for companies to grow a sustainable competitive advantage.