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Why there’s not a huge cause for optimism for the rest of the federal budget year

The latest continuing resolution Congress passed last week avoided a government shutdown. But even if lawmakers achieve that feat again next year, on the…

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Contract spending is set to grow across the board in 2024

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Contractors make plans for a messy start to the next fiscal year

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FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. The justices are taking up a pair of lawsuits alleging that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina discriminate against Asian American applicants. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

That Supreme Court affirmative action decision is already affecting federal contracting

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That rumbling you hear is the end of the fiscal year approaching

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A default isn’t a shutdown, but agencies could treat it that way

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Does the GSA have the best data to work with during price negotiations with contractors?

A new report from the General Services Administration’s Inspector General didn’t have many nice things to say about its Multiple Award Schedule’s Transactional…

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Can GSA, IG find common ground over TDR?

The fourth report in a year about the Transactional Data Reporting pilot continues to ring the same negative notes from the inspector general while GSA…

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How the approaching debt-ceiling crisis could hit contractors first

If you see a robed figure on the corner with a sign reading, “The End is Near,” take note. He could be talking to federal contractors. The longer the debt limit debate in Congress drags on, the more likely it will interrupt federal buying.

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