Happy Friday! And just like that, it’s May! Hope you had a wonderful week and have some fun plans this weekend. This week in federal government contracting news included updates about small business federal contracting dollars (see our blog here) as well as new contracting bills coming out of Congress.
- Ernst Celebrates National Small Business Week
- White House: Small Businesses Awarded Record-Breaking $179B in FY23
- SBA: Federal Government Awarded 28% of FY23 Contracting Dollars to Small Businesses
- US appeals court upholds Biden’s $15 minimum wage for recreational contractors
- AbilityOne contracts for workers with disabilities opens to competition
- IRA update: Federal government works to decarbonize construction materials
- FTC rule on non-compete employees has contractors worried
- GSA Issues Resource Guide for Federal Generative AI Tech Acquisition
- Supreme Court to hear another major veterans benefits case this fall
- GSA receives A+ rating for 14th consecutive year for working with small business contractors
- Contracting Bills Pass House; FEMA Workplace Planning Measure Offered in Senate
- Staffing Company to Pay $2.7M for Alleged Failure to Provide Adequate Cybersecurity for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data
- Mentor-Protégé Program Resources
- Former Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage