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War II, the nature of the private sector and its relationship to government has been changing. During the Cold War, the United States developed a permanent military industrial base with the federal government as the predominant customer. With the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union, U.S. military spending declined. As a result, private-sector defense companies combined and consolidated to gain and hold a significant share of the market. This consolidation reduced competition.
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HEADNOTEThe loss of in-house smarts leaves agencies too weak to effectively oversee contractors.
Since World
The decline in spending also resulted in a drawdown of the Defense Department's technical infrastructure. With the goal of saving even more money, Defense began to contract out more work and do less internally. As a result, the private sector began to provide capability, not just capacity, and to perform what were inherently governmental functions.
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