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Government shutdown threats and scrimping on contractor employee wages, affects people with disabilities more than any other.
In the last ten years, the number of small businesses doing business with the government has fallen by a third.
The Defense Department is slated to receive over $18 billion for military construction initiatives.
Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration's 2025 wish list.
Lawmakers took GSA to task for purchasing 150 China-made video conferencing cameras in 2022, calling it "a very troubling episode."
As part of this year’s defense authorization bill, Congress blocked DoD from demanding emission disclosures unless they are directly relevant to the contract.
In federal contract protests, a company can't make a money appeal on a protest decision unless that appeal contains a specific dollar amount.
New Senate bill would help small businesses compete on skills and capabilities rather than just price at the main contract level.
Contracting will continue even with a long-term continuing resolution or even a partial government shutdown.
With Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) becoming increasingly popular within the defense acquisition community, misconceptions around its use still linger.
The proposed rules would also require ICT contractors to report a cyber incident to the government within eight hours.
Multiple-award contracts don't mean everyone who bids get a slot. A new federal circuit court ruling shows that losing companies can protest those who did get an award and maybe knock them off.
By law and regulation, the Veterans Affairs department is supposed to check out the employees used by its contractors. A recent look-see by VA's Office of Inspector General found pretty serious non-compliance.
Contractors are wary of the latest proposed rule giving DoD access to their IT systems. It is part of an effort to improve cybersecurity with incident reporting and information sharing. Another rule would impose new requirements on contractors unclassified systems.