A Guide to Defense Contracting: Principles and Practices

by Dan Lindner

Overview

The author of the well-received, A Guide to Federal Contracting, Dan Lindner provides in one volume, a succinct yet thorough treatment of defense contracting requirements and regulations. The Department of Defense is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world, spending hundreds of billions of dollars per year, employing hundreds of thousands of people as civil servants or contractors. Yet no textbook is commercially available to discuss how defense contracting is done in a format that is written for the general public as well as the practitioner. This publication is intended fill this void – to demystify the volumes of regulations and policies, and provide in one volume a succinct yet thorough treatment of defense contracting requirements and regulations. Bringing together concepts of business law, politics, public and social policy, pricing, and procedures for contract placement and administration, the author draws on over 40 years of federal government experience to cover the vast spread of this important process which impacts our daily government operations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641433426
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/28/2019
Pages:	858
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.73(h) x 1.72(d)

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 several books, including An Insider's Guide To Working for the Federal Government: Navigating All Levels of Government as a Civil Servant or Contractor (2020), A Guide To Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition (2022) and A Guide To Defense Contracting: Principles and Practices (2024).