Government That Ships: Modern Procurement for Public Technology

Republicans often diagnose federal technology failure as waste, fraud, bureaucratic bloat, or overreliance on inefficient agencies. Democrats often diagnose it as underinvestment in public capacity, outdated systems, and services designed around administrative convenience rather than people. Both diagnoses point at part of the problem. The Republican critique is stronger when it demands kill criteria and vendor accountability; the Democratic critique is stronger when it insists government cannot outsource its own technical judgment and still govern.

The Innovation Party's delta is to bind both claims to a delivery model. Build public capacity so the government can be a hard buyer. Publish metrics so oversight can see whether a service works. Use modular procurement so failure is smaller and earlier. Require exit rights so contractor accountability is possible. This is not a midpoint between "cut government" and "fund government." It is a working-services test either side should be willing to meet.