Hello, Readers! Many small business contractors and agency personnel are paying close attention to the fallout from the recent court decision on the 8(a) Program, as shown in this week’s articles. For an explanation of the decision, see the post from John Holtz, while Nicole Pottroff has explained SBA’s pause on taking current 8(a) Program applications. Another big story was DOL’s new rules.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and please refer to our most recent blog posts for additional information on federal government contracting matters.
- How to inoculate your agency’s acquisitions against protests
- DHA faces legal challenges to how it conducted $2.5B procurement
- One of SBA’s signature contracting programs is on hiatus
- Three ways the proposed NDAA could change the way contractors do business
- State Department providing extra cyber-supply chain risk training for 150 contracting officers
- 5 Companies Win Spots on $100M Air Force ISR, Cyber Support Contract
- Small tech companies ask Congress for changes to make acquisition easier to navigate
- A forest of proposed rules sprouts up around federal acquisition
- A state official calls on GSA to reopen its multiple award schedule
- Harris touts new prevailing wage rule for construction projects
- Labor Department now has better ability to dig into discrimination claims against federal contractors
- GSA’s commercial platforms gaining steam, but data, other concerns persist
- Amphenol Corporation Pays $18 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Submitted False Claims For Electrical Connectors
- US Department of Labor Announces Final Rule to Modernize Davis-Bacon Act