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Contractors prepare for really, really late 2025 appropriations

"The lateness of appropriations is really going to have an impact on the work that they do," said Larry Allen.

Federal Newscast

GSA's Polaris contract pulled back into protest vortex

Reporter's Notebook

Acquisitions at GSA, VA kicks fiscal 2024 into high gear

Federal Newscast

ICE employees downloaded risky mobile apps, IG says

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The hottest topics in procurement

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Procurement trends in 2023

Reporter's Notebook

Busy federal fourth quarter to bleed into just as crazy first quarter of 2024

Amtower Off-Center

A discussion of the current GovCon landscape

GSA, General Services Administration

Acquisition Policy

Court strikes down GSA’s approach to not requiring price as an evaluation factor

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Trends shaping the federal procurement market

Amtower Off-Center

Top contracting issues in FY 2023

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Contracts/Awards

82 agencies sign MOUs to gain more time to transition to EIS

GSA, General Services Administration

Contracts/Awards

GSA hits the play button on Polaris by finalizing solicitation updates

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Reporter's Notebook

Polaris, Services MAC will be the first governmentwide contracts without maximum dollar values

Alan Thomas, COO, Intellibridge

Off the Shelf

Key trends in IT GWACs & eCommerce

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Federal Newscast

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to "do the right thing, then all you have to do is live with the consequences of it.’” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Contracts/Awards

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

Contracting

In the relatively small world of government contracting, it pays not to be a jerk

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Federal Newscast

SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

gsa-e-marketplace

Reporter's Notebook

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Amtower Off-Center

All things contracting

Jason Miller

Off the Shelf

Procurement: A look back and a look ahead

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Contracting

Advice for contractors who want to gain a little more control over their fates