Author Archives: Shane McCall

SmallGovCon Has 10,000 Subscribers!

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We wanted to thank our loyal SmallGovCon readers for this milestone: we now have 10,000 subscribers to our newsletter! Our attorney-authors have always worked to make our posts helpful, timely, and easy to read. Our number of subscribers is a testament that we are doing something right. A special thanks to the tireless efforts of Rhonda Burgess to organize, improve, and keep the blog articles and newsletter on track!

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: April 21-25, 2025

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Happy Friday! April is almost over and it’s time to get out there and star mowing those lawns! We have had quite a bit of rain here in the Midwest so the grass is growing pretty fast right now. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and can get outside to enjoy the Spring weather.

This week in federal government contracting news included updates on staff reorganizations, rewriting of the procurement rules, and use of commercial solutions.

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Webinar Announcement! Shaping Opportunities in the New GovCon Climate, May 8, 2025, 11:00am CDT

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Please join Greg Weber and me to discuss how recent executive orders are having an effect on the contracting landscape, and how they interact with important new small business rules and updates, joint venture changes and guidance, and recent cases. This discussion will focus on existing small business and evaluation rules and regulations, and how those fit in with recent orders and reorganization efforts.

Key issues include:

  • Strategic Capabilities to Capacity – Multiple Award Contracts, JV, 8(a) Program, Mentor-Protege, Teaming Arrangrements
  • Strategic Competencies – Past Performance Regulations and Solicitation Language
  • Current Contracts – Bid Protests, Selling SDVOSB, WOSB or other socioeconomic businesses and affect on contracts and proposals

Register here.

SmallGovCon Week in Review: April 14-18, 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Week in Review. It’s been a busy week in the federal government contracting world and the attorney-authors at SmallGovCon are striving to provide you with the latest updates. Some key stories from this week include executive orders on massive procurement reform (read our summary here) and the push for commercial IT solutions, to ongoing agency-level budget tightening, it’s been a wild ride. Have a great weekend!

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Why File: A HUBZone Status Protest

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Lately, it seems there has been an uptick in questions we receive at webinars, on the blog, and from prospective clients about the HUBZone program. There may be more interest in this program than there has been in the past as it could be a key tool for procurement designations in the future. At the same time, the HUBZone program, while making some aspects of the program more flexible, has also put more scrutiny on current and aspiring HUBZone contractors. This post talks about one process that puts a lot of scrutiny on HUBZone contractors: a HUBZone status protest.

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: April 7-11, 2025

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Happy Friday! We hope you had a great week. This week in federal government contracting: GSA has announced a fresh round of OASIS Plus unrestricted awardees, expanding opportunities for vendors in the professional services space, and OMB also released memos signaling new AI policy goals. You can read more about this and other federal government contracting news in the articles below. Have a great weekend!

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: March 31- April 4, 2025

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Happy April! We are having our typical Midwest spring weather here, where one day it is warm and sunny and the next day it is cold and rainy. We have to keep every type of jacket at the ready because one never knows what to expect. We hope you have had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend.

This week in federal government contracting included stories dealing with the remaking of the federal workforce, increased workload for federal judges, and a more prominent role for GSA.

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