Professional Services Council
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So far in the big stimulus bill, contractors got an extension of section 3610, which gives them a sort of ongoing protection from the pandemic.
March 10, 2021 -
The Senate approved $650 million for agency cybersecurity upgrades, and another $350 million for the U.S. Digital Service and the Federal Citizen Services Fund to address workforce and other modernization needs.
March 08, 2021 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are pressing Senate leadership to extend 3610 authorities through Sept. 30.
February 26, 2021 -
A form of contracting known as lowest-price technically acceptable, or LPTA, has long bugged federal contractors.
February 23, 2021 -
Contractors are looking to see who will fill crucial sub-cabinet appointment slots. The latest from Professional Services Council president and CEO David Berteau.
February 09, 2021 -
The Biden Administration has underscored a Buy American policy for federal procurement. It establishes an overseer at the Office of Management and Budget and clamps down on content in what agencies buy.
January 26, 2021 -
New survey of chief information officers from the Professional Services Council and Attain, and interviews with agency leaders, show they are implementing new technology at a rate that isn’t as far behind industry as it used to be.
January 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two House lawmakers want to close what they call are loop holes for senior government officials when they leave federal service for the private sector.
January 13, 2021 -
Missing the guardrails by inches, the nation's careening political apparatus has managed to fund the government for fiscal 2021.
December 29, 2020 -
The federal acquisition and contracting apparatus in the government has proven surprisingly adaptable. That's a chief finding in a survey conducted by the Professional Services Council.
December 17, 2020 -
Federal contractors are bracing for radical changes in policy and the threat of a short-term government shutdown as they look forward the coming transition.
December 01, 2020 -
The election outcome will have big consequences for nearly every segment of the economy, including federal contractors and the rules they and the government operate under.
November 03, 2020 -
Defense contractors should pay close attention to two developments. An update on payments to contractors, and a review of how DoD spent its pandemic money.
October 21, 2020 -
The controversial White House directive banning what the Trump administration thinks is divisive diversity training - it applies to federal contractors, too.
October 06, 2020 -
Reports are surfacing that maybe the government did not reach its annual small business contracting goals, as the Small Business Administration has boasted.
September 22, 2020