The Defense Innovation Unit, a DoD organization that contracts with commercial companies to solve national security problems, is five years old now. 40% of the office’s contracts have made it to production in its first five years. Michael Brown, Director of DIU, said scaling DIU has been key and that they started a record number […]
Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement, explains how schedules program reform and policy changes can increase access to commercial innovation
Max Stier, President & CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, discusses innovation, collaboration across agencies and other aspects of the government’s pandemic response that can be replicated going forward
Meagan Metzger, Founder and CEO of Dcode, explains what the most effective accelerators focus on to foster innovation in the government
Michael Wu, Principal at Converge Strategies, discusses how innovation in the energy sector will strengthen our military capabilities going forward
Dr. Ryan Vega, Executive Director of the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem, discusses the VHA Innovation Ecosystem and upcoming Innovation Experience
Lauren Knausenberger, Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Air Force, discusses innovation, collaboration and development of a solid digital foundation in the Air Force
Eric Lofgren, Research Fellow at the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, discusses innovation in the Air Force and the increase in contract awards going to new entrants in the defense business
