Thought Leadership

Everything you need to understand the biggest federal topics, from opinions and commentary to white papers, multimedia reports and the latest reports and resources available.

Opinion

The difference between Santa’s delivery system and USPS

As the USPS navigates the challenges of holiday season deliveries, AI can revolutionize the way it addresses them.

5 months ago

The SBA at 70: Celebrating the big impact of small businesses

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Small Business Act into law in 1953.

9 months ago

Opinions

What the US should do with its A-10 Thunderbolt

Let's kill two birds with one stone.

How to accelerate innovation adoption at the Pentagon

Systemic barriers to innovation persist within the military’s acquisition system that prevent the adoption of emerging technology.

13 months ago

An organizational road map for Pentagon to deter China, win in Ukraine

The Pentagon is woefully unprepared to integrate commercial technologies and private capital at scale.

13 months ago

The Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen Nov. 4, 2022.

Five scenarios for the FY24 defense budget

The political fight over the U.S. federal debt ceiling makes the outcome for the fiscal 2024 defense budget difficult to predict. But we'll still try.

13 months ago

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022.

Comply-to-Connect: The roadmap for the Pentagon’s Zero Trust mission

C2C leverages zero trust’s least privilege principles to safeguard access to data.

13 months ago

Guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29, 2022.

Sea power is essential to countering communist China

China is on a fast track to displace America as the world’s dominant naval power.

13 months ago

How to ensure Iranian drones don’t include US components

While the Iranian drone threat may have previously seemed distant for Europe, the appearance of these weapons in Ukraine has brought the problem home.

14 months ago

This picture, taken on Jan. 23, 2023, in Toulouse, France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT.

The impact of ChatGPT on the federal workforce

Amid all the excitement, there are concerns that ChatGPT and other LLM tools could eliminate jobs, provide inaccurate information and perpetuate bias.

14 months ago

Defense contractors must prepare for ‘trust but verify’ era

The upcoming contract requirement known as the DFARS 7021 clause adds a “trust but verify component” to existing federal contract data protection.

14 months ago

Republicans take aim at telework in federal government

More than two-thirds of all federal employees reported utilizing some form of telework in 2021, according to OPM.

14 months ago

The global nuclear energy market is a geopolitical battleground

By weaving energy security into the heart of our national security strategy, we can bolster our capacity to deter and resist authoritarian aggression.

14 months ago