
Happy Friday—and welcome to April! Recently, SmallGovCon contributor Nicole Pottroff traveled to Las Vegas to attend and present at the RES 2026 conference, hosted by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. While there, she took part in a panel titled “Navigating the New Regulatory Landscape for Native-Owned Federal Contractors.” The event brought together professionals from across the industry, offering valuable opportunities for networking, business development, and Native procurement matchmaking. It proved to be a great event. Hope you were able to see or say hi to Nicole at the conference!
This week in federal government contracting news included important stories about DEI in federal contracting, more info on IT purchasing, and AI’s potential reform to procurement.
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