Acquisition & Contracting Military Health System

On Keeping Your COTS Products in the Mattress

After the Great Depression, people kept money in the mattress. Some defense health IT vendors are doing the same with their COTS products.

Mary Womack December 4, 2025 5 min read

Mary's full LinkedIn post on this is here for readers who want the original.

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Mary Womack

Federal health IT professional and founder of Mission Meets Tech. I write about what policy, procurement, and platform decisions actually mean for the people doing the work.

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