Research Guides: Acquisition & Contracting : Organizations

Industry & Professional Associations

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
Links to Association and contracting-related news, publications, professional education and other resources.
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
Links to Association news, National Defense magazine, a list of acquisition links, and more.
NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement
Develops, supports and promotes the public procurement profession.
Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
SEI is a federally funded research and development center established by the Department of Defense to address the transition of software engineering technology.

Think Tanks and Non-Profits

Below are additional organizations that produce reports of interest to defense acquisition and contract management researchers. Please also see those described on the Reports tab.

Brookings Institution
Books, policy briefs and other studies on Economics, Foreign Policy, and Government.
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Some of the policy briefs are available free on their site. Selected books are also available online on such topics as defense policy, economics, education, government and politics, international affairs, and more. The Library owns or can obtain most Brookings publications, and we subscribe to their journals.
CATO Institute
Social security, the federal budget, military spending, and more. The Cato Journal and Cato Policy Report are also available.
A non-profit public policy research foundation with a libertarian (minimal government intervention) perspective.
Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments
An independent, nonprofit public policy research institute
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Research areas include: Military Strategy and Policy, Defense Budgets and Programs, Weapon Systems and Critical Technologies, Military Personnel and Readiness, Military Revolutions and Future Warfare, Transformation of the Military, and Defense Industry. Their site includes a variety of defense budget statistics and a primer about the defense budget process.
Center for Strategic & International Studies
This private research organization's web site includes research and commentary covering a wide variety of military issues.
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Topics include military spending, the military industrial complex, arms trade, and lots more. Their publication The Defense Monitor is available online from 1997 onward.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
This privately funded non-profit policy organization analyzes science, technology and public policy concerning global security
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Arms sales monitoring, public policy application of new information technologies, government secrecy, and various analyses of military operations and spending
Heritage Foundation
Conservative think tank that looks at public policy issues such as the federal budget, missile defense, crime, education ,energy, government reform, health care policy, technology, national security, social security, and more.
Hudson Institute
This public policy research organization forecasts trends and develops solutions for governments, businesses and the public.
Lexington Institute
Public policy issues: Education reform, tax rate reduction, regulatory policy, and national defense. They believe that the government's role should be strictly limited, and they therefore strive to find market-based solutions to public-policy issues.
National Academy of Public Administration
An independent, nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.
Project on Defense Alternatives
Research analyses on US and international military policy. Revolution in Military Affairs, Chinese Military Policy, the QDR, military intervention, and more
Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
An independent nonprofit that "investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government."

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