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POPSOshkosh Award Raises Questions
Agree w/J. Gansler that job creation shouldn't be a criteria for Gov contracts--would result in labor intensive, inefficient bids (oink, oink!). BUT the DOD can't continue to ignore the drastic market shift over 20 years that has virtually destroyed the ability to conduct truly competitive bids for large contracts. Since Bill Perry's "Last Supper," we find only 1 company can build large acft, 2 or 3 can build satellites, 3 can build heavy duty trucks, etc. Budget realities mean that if a firm loses a big contract like this, the next opportunity may not come along for 5, 10, even 20 years. Few firms can afford to stay in the market on the hope that they'll win "next time." Unfortunately, the govies just don't get it, as evidenced in these 2 articles: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1289/1 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aIrSOQpbzRfc I haven't seen serious discussion of structural causes, and acquisition strategies to combat them anywhere.
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POPSThe Love Canal and Superfund - Remembering Secret Evil Government Toxic Landfills When a chemical dump was accidentally uncovered near Niagara Falls, New York, it sparked a nationwide panic about possible other chemical dump sites that had been 'deemed safe and hermetically sealed by the EPA.' Way to go govies.... way to go Superfund, who was in charge of the effort.... There is rumored to be more than 250 other sites all over the country that are buried chemical dump sites. Home Buyer beware.
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