Happy Friday! Everything seems a bit more in motion with the longer days of spring, including the feds. It’s been another active week in the federal government contracting world. We’ve included some articles below highlighting what’s been in the news this week. Key stories include a push for more commercial procurement from OMB, and reactions to the EOs barring DEI activities by contractors.
We hope you have a great weekend.
- IBM agrees to pay $17.1M in first big test of new federal contractor DEI rules
- Gruenbaum leaving as GSA FAS commissioner
- OPM and GSA embark on plans to consolidate headquarters
- OMB Issues Memo to Increase Commercial Procurement Across Federal Agencies
- Agencies Must Report Non-Commercial Contracts to OMB by May 4
- Pentagon Cancels Union Contracts
- Broad Coalition Files Suit to Stop Latest Unlawful Move in Trump-Vance Administration Crusade Against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Mullin: DHS to run out of emergency funds to pay staff in early May
- House bill would create permanent IG for Fraud, Accountability and Recovery
- SBA Support for Veteran Manufacturers
- Contractors sue to block Trump’s federal DEI executive order
- US Department of Labor announces 2026 virtual seminars for current, prospective federal contractors on prevailing wage requirements