Op-eds
Leaving servicemembers and their families in moving limbo
FNN: Challenges to a $20 billion moving contract create uncertainty for the 400,000 military families.
Congress should strengthen, not undermine, the Pentagon’s chief management officer
Defense News: Members of Congress, particularly those who claim to strongly back the DoD, should fully support the CMO.
Our coronavirus economic recovery requires us to get rid of earmarks
FBN: For the third year in a row, members of Congress have set a record for the cost of earmarks during the supposed earmark moratorium.
The consequences of anti-free market regulations on the gig economy
OC Register: AB 5 has led to the loss of work for independent contractors in every imaginable industry.
Lackluster Nursing Home Inspections Added to COVID-19 Deaths
Washington Examiner: Coronavirus has been particularly deadly to residents in nursing homes.
The USPS Will Not Be Saved with More Money
Fox Business: The United States Postal Service’s financial situation was dire long before the virus arrived.
We Need More COVID-19 Therapies, Not Price Controls
Inside Sources: Price controls have no place in any future COVID-19 funding bill.
Community Development Block Grants have no role in fighting coronavirus
The Hill: One clear example of unnecessary spending is the $5 billion appropriated for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).
Net neutrality repeal is helping technology companies manage coronavirus boom
Washington Examiner: Telecommunications companies have been working alongside the FCC to make sure people can stay connected.
Insurers Are NOT Banks
Inside Sources: Insurers are not ATMs for another industry.
Maintaining Privacy While Staying Connected
Morning Consult: As the coronavirus races across the country, privacy has taken on a new urgency.
Lost in space: Time to rethink the Space Launch System
Federal Times: The United States may return to the moon, but the costs might be out of this world before anyone lands there again.
