Professional Services Council
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It’s been decades since the last time the Defense Department took an in-depth look at how its contract policies affect the financial health the defense industrial base.
April 18, 2023 -
Federal contractors don't see a lot of room for growth after inflation in fiscal 2024, with a few large agencies actually requesting a reduction in funding relative to what was enacted in 2023.
March 21, 2023 -
The Biden administration's national cyber strategy, which came out last week, puts a lot of responsibility on industry. It has a hefty rule-making and legislative agenda to support that.
March 07, 2023 -
Contractors have only a couple more weeks to comment on a so-called climate risk rule. If it becomes final, the rule would impose big reporting and operational costs.
February 08, 2023 -
The Defense Department is telling its acquisition people to use what's known as category management to expand the use of small business. But for years, small business has argued that category management actually limits the number of vendors who can sell to government.
February 07, 2023 -
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule to ban non-compete employee contractors. Federal services contractors are decidedly not of one mind on this issue.
January 24, 2023 -
Federal employees will be getting a nice raise now. But federal contractors are not totally certain they will be able to get inflation adjustments from their agency customers. That's despite the fact that the defense authorization law specifically mentioned contract modification for inflation relief.
January 10, 2023 -
The omnibus budget package is a lot more than a bill to fund government operations. Congress stuffed its five thousand pages with tax and business provisions. Some have real impact.
December 28, 2022 -
A new pilot paves the way for speeding up supply chain manufacturing for both Department of Defense and industry.
December 19, 2022 -
From inflation adjustment to procurement leadtimes, the National Defense Authorization bill the Senate takes up today will address a few issues that have been nagging contractors for years.
December 13, 2022 -
From zero trust roadmaps to carbon reduction, federal agencies are moving under a lot of agendas. They all end up being contractors' concerns, too.
November 29, 2022 -
What does it mean for us? That's what federal contractors are asking themselves in the aftermath of the midterm elections.
November 15, 2022 -
The National Defense Strategy and the DoD Strategic Management Plan emphasized rivalry with China and the need to protect space and cyber assets.
November 01, 2022 -
The General Services Administration is surging resources to fix the problems with the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) transition to the new validation service, but companies and lawmakers remain frustrated.
November 01, 2022 -
Contractors face the prospect of higher mandatory wages and treating independent subcontractors like employees. And that's not all. The vaccine mandate might be coming back.
October 18, 2022
