A Guide to Defense Contracting: Principles and Practices: Edition 2

Dan Lindner

Oct 2024 · Rowman & Littlefield

About this eBook

The federal government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world, spending hundreds of billions per year and employing hundreds of thousands of people as civil servants, military or contractors. Over the years, volumes of regulations and policies have evolved to impact this buying. A Guide to Defense Contracting: Principles and Practices helps to demystify the process, providing in one volume a succinct yet thorough guide to federal contracting requirements or regulations. Bringing together concepts of business, law, politics, public and social policy, pricing, and contract placement and administration, Dan Lindner draws on 40 years of federal government experience to cover the vast spread of this important process that impacts our daily government operations.

About the author

Dan Lindner possesses more than 40 years of experience in federal acquisition and program management for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. He was a long-time contracting officer for the Navy, and is well-versed in federal acquisition policy and procurement regulations. Lindner was an instructor for the Navy Office of Human Services and with Fairfax County (Virginia) Adult Education where he developed and taught newly hired employees procurement basics. He is the author of An Insider's Guide To Working for the Federal Government: Navigating All Levels of Government as a Civil Servant or Contractor (2020) and A Guide To Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition (2022).