Happy Friday. Hope everyone had a great week. We wanted to share an announcement this week that WIFCON.com is back. Posted from the website: “Wifcon.com was created by Robert (Bob) Antonio 26 years ago. Operated and maintained solely by him and at his own expense, the website has provided a free, reliable, and invaluable source of information and means of communication and commentary to the acquisition community, both public and private for 26 years. Sadly, Bob died on November 24, 2024, after a brief illness, leaving no operational successor.” Now, “a small group of volunteers, has purchased the site from his heirs and will continue to provide the same free service under the same name, Wifcon.com.”
We truly appreciated Bob’s commitment to the GovCon community. He created a great resource for us here at SmallGovCon and provided very helpful information that we used weekly in our Week in Review blogs. Thank you, Bob, for your dedicated service, and for the new operators of this very helpful site. Please visit the website at WIFCON.com.
And now this week in federal government contracting news, check out stories about new changes to contracting at various agencies including possibly having GSA do more of the contracting for other agencies, as well as changes to DoD workforce and regulations.
- GSA considers takeover of contracting work at other agencies amid reorganization
- Contractors spend the week getting ready for a government shutdown
- DHS brings back one of its federal advisory committees
- White House nominates top leaders for CISA, other DHS components
- House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate
- Better data, not a review, new systems will fix acquisition
- Confusion, fear as changes whipsaw Defense workforce
- Military Readiness: Implementing GAO’s Recommendations Can Help DOD Address Persistent Challenges Across Air, Sea, Ground, and Space Domains
- DoD no longer requires Equal Employment Opportunity clauses in contracts
- How 2016 NDAA transformed OTAs into key defense contracting tool
- Federal News Network Letter to the editor: 46 former GSA executives say cuts to cause ‘irreversible damage’