Center for Government Contracting White Papers

In this paper, author Eric Lofgren, who researches business, policy, regulatory, and other issues in government contracting, charts a course for the future of budgeting informed by the history of government's financial management.

This paper examines the value of intellectual property in government procurement auctions using a focused comparison of two recent programs by Oshkosh Corporation for military medium-weight trucks.

This white paper details the effects of budget swings on readiness for Department of Defense operations as well as the impact on the contractors who engage on these efforts.

This white paper introduces a model of defense procurement competitions to examine the difference on pricing intellectual property between the government and government contractors, and how that difference can be reduced.

The Small Business Runway Extension Act brings to light the broader issues surrounding set-aside contracting policies. This white paper provides recommendations for other ways to achieve similar social policy objectives while mitigating the adverse effects of these unintended consequences.