By Dennis Callahan and Robert Metzger ( February 20, 2019, 5:26 PM EST) -- In one of the first acts of his administration, on Jan. 8, 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-04-19, establishing a new acquisitions approach for the state called an "Innovation Procurement Sprint," or IPS. Appropriate in light of Silicon Valley's important role in the federal government's recent push for greater use of "other transactions" for U.S. Department of Defense acquisitions, California's new approach borrows heavily from the federal Other Transaction (OT) Guide. There is a lot of promise in this initiative, but many details yet to be worked out. Absent input from stakeholders, including the private sector, the initiative may promise more than it can deliver, and disappoint both sides of the hoped-for "public-private" partnership....