Professional Services Council
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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 -
The pace of end-of-fiscal-year spending is off for a variety of reasons. Among them some unresolved policy questions related to national security and the federal supply chain.
September 09, 2020 -
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management is accused of 'lacking commitment to federal merit system," one of D.C.'s industry experts is leaving his high-profile post, and a congressional committee is launching an investigation into recent tragedies at Ft. Hood.
September 09, 2020 -
Alan Chvotkin, the executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, helped grow the association over the last two decades as agencies spent more on services than products.
September 08, 2020 -
The pandemic has proven both scary and monotonous -- and now the end of the federal fiscal year is only a month away.
August 25, 2020 -
Companies filing for reimbursements under $2 million may get streamlined service.
August 14, 2020 -
You can forgive federal contractors for a little confusion. There's a new White House executive order on use of immigrant labor.
August 11, 2020 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along with Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), asked Senate leadership to include a provision in the next stimulus bill to extend Section 3610 provisions that provide paid leave, including sick leave, to employees and subcontractors until Dec. 31, 2021.
August 04, 2020 -
Lawmakers are working through passing a National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, including a fresh raft of procurement laws.
July 28, 2020 -
For the second year, members of the Professional Services Council have scored the quality of agency procurement forecasts according to a list of attributes.
July 14, 2020 -
The National Defense Authorization Act is the most visible thing on which Congress is making progress. But it's not the only thing.
June 30, 2020