FAR Council

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AI effort to improve contractor performance ratings stalls

DHS’s AI pilot to improve contractor performance ratings assessments has ended, in part, because the FAR Council case to change the rules is stuck in limbo.

Reporter's Notebook

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What new White House guidance on grants means for agencies that hand them out

Acquisition

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A troubling small business trend is getting worse

Contracting

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Contractors on edge because of Pentagon’s proposed buying rules

Cybersecurity

The FAR council goes big into proposing new cybersecurity rules

Cybersecurity

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FAR Council finalizes more stringent procurement rules under Buy American Act

Contracting

This pending agency modernizing legislation is a lot less than it seems

IT Modernization

FAR Council to implement new rule regarding reverse auctions

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 file photo, an information board for employees' shuttle bus is on display near the Huawei office building at its research and development centre in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province. The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company’s biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network systems over data security concerns. Some European governments and telecom companies are following the U.S.’s lead in questioning whether using Huawei for vital infrastructure for mobile networks could leave them exposed to snooping by the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)

Industry groups say Trump administration miscalculated burden of Huawei, ZTE ban

Reporter's Notebook

Business partnership communication and the concept of cooperation and communicate to achieve an agreement with 3D illiustration elements.

GSA, DoD kick off first test with new streamlined acquisition approach

Reporter's Notebook

FILE- In this April 3, 2017, file photo U.S. Army soldiers march in formation during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. If you’re a veteran with student debt, you have repayment rights unique to military service members that can keep you on track and out of default. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Study shows military pay has been rising faster than civilian pay

Federal Newscast

Army sergeant gets 25 years in prison for supporting ISIS

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department said Sgt. Ikaika Kang provided sensitive military documents and military equipment to who he thought…

Federal Newscast

3 changes to federal acquisition agencies, industry should know about

The FAR Council and lawmakers are updating federal procurement regulations to address long-standing concerns about veterans, prompt payment and privacy…

Acquisition Policy

Industry asks for delay in fair pay, safe workplace rule implementation

Contracts/Awards

The Coalition of Defense and Space Industry Associations, which includes six large industry groups, wrote to the FAR Council asking for the final rule implementing the President’s executive order requiring vendors to disclose violations of 14 labor laws to be pushed out another year.