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Change Contract Oversight
March 2012 — Defense News
With the Pentagon and its suppliers looking at potential cuts ranging from $500 billion to $1 trillion over the next 10 years, the perennial talk of finding hidden economies has taken on new urgency. An improved, more collaborative model of the traditional customer-contractor relationship has never been more vital.
By Dean Peebles, Mark Valerio and Andrew Green

Army makes headway with global network expansion
15 August 2011 — Defense Systems
The Army’s plans to integrate all its communications into a single network without incompatible formats is making headway.

Government Procurement 2.0 — The State of Georgia Transforms Its Procurement Function
29 October 2010 — Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Even in these recessionary times, Georgia has benefited from an ongoing procurement transformation initiative that has seen the state bring huge amounts of spend under central management and achieve significant cost reductions through strategic sourcing.

State should pull plug on Empire Zone program
26 June 2009 — Post-Standard Editorial Board
Recommendation on the Empire Zone program cites A.T. Kearney report: The program "provides perhaps the best example of good intentions gone wrong," the Kearney report said. "Its original mission has been morphed by political patronage, legislative revision and commercial manipulation."

California Space Enterprise Leads Nation and World in Economic Impact
20 April 2009 — California Space Authority
The "Space Enterprise Economic Impact Report," release by CSA and prepard by A.T. Kearney, shows California accounts for 44 percent of the U.S. space market and 21 percent of the global market. 

Aerospace & Defense 2008 supply chain study findings
19 May 2008 — Aviation Week
A.T. Kearney partner Randy Garber talks about findings of the Aviation Week magazine / A.T. Kearney survey and surprising findings about the industry's value chain.

Survey: Small Suppliers Shun Cooperation
19 May 2008 — Aviation Week
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are reinventing the aerospace supply chain, offloading management responsibilities to key suppliers and demanding that they collaborate and co-innovate instead of simply filling an order for a part.