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When agencies enact new rules aimed at curtailing some aspects of the larger national economy they can sometimes lead to conflicting impacts on federal contracting, both for the companies and the federal agencies.
With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, that means a large amount of investment from both the private and public sector. With much of it going to local infrastructure and manufacturing endeavors, it can be tough for people, especially private citizens, to find out where that money is going.
The Pentagon has money to develop innovative new products; the Defense Innovation Board has recommendations to make those investments more effective.
The IRS has ended its policy of revenue officers conducting unannounced home or business visits to address taxpayer debts.
In today's Federal Newscast, a government contractor agrees to pay one of the biggest fines in the history of the False Claims Act.
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower will discuss small business marketing strategies with Shirley Collier of Scale2Market.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is laying the groundwork for greater oversight of its major acquisitions, following repeated probes from lawmakers. The VA on Tuesday released a draft request for proposals (RFP) for independent verification…
A plan to have the intelligence community and the Defense Department share secret cloud services takes both organizations closer to a goal of interoperability.
It only took six years, but now the Homeland Security Department has new regulations covering how contractors must handle CUI, controlled, unclassified information.
Both government and industry have a vested interest in eliminating barriers to efficiently spending money so agencies can be better stewards of taxpayer dollars, and contractors can maximize their profits. But the reality is, government and industry aren’t even speaking the same language when it comes to contract management.
Peter Hutt, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the False Claims Act, including the basics of the law and its impact in the government contracts market.
The federal government is setting a new record for overall small business contract spending — with more than a quarter of federal contracting dollars last year going to small businesses.
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution. PPBE has been the way of the Pentagon since the 1960s. Nobody is thrilled with it, but it persists. The latest set of recommendations for reforming Pentagon acquisition comes in a letter signed by a dozen contractors and venture capital outfits.
Supply chain interruptions and slowdowns linger as an effect of the pandemic. They make purchasing and acquisition difficult for both the private sector and government. Recently thinkers from IBM Center for the Business of Government, National Academy of Public Administration, and the Chamber of Commerce put their heads together to come up with ways governments can become more resilient on the supply chain front.