I recently attended the NAPEX Fall conference in DC this past week. I was able to speak on the topic of The FAR Overhaul and Legal Updates for 2025. It was a great presentation with some insightful questions. Thanks to all the wonderful Apex Accelerator folks for saying hi to me.
It’s Friday and time for another week in review. This week was full of updates about the effects of the government shutdown. In other news, OPM is pushing to boost tech expertise and the DoD is looking to streamline acquisitions and hear from small businesses ahead of new cybersecurity standards (CMMC). You can read more about these stories and other federal government contracting developments in the articles below.
Have a great weekend.
- Engaging more social scientists could help government programs work better and deliver more
- Trump admin begins developing new cybersecurity strategy
- Plans to keep the FBI headquarters in DC are moving ahead in Congress
- DoD to send more military lawyers to Justice Department as some begin serving as temporary immigration judges
- Shutdown Funding Lapse Shreds Civilian Contract Spending by 74%
- Pentagon looks to get pulse of small businesses as CMMC looms
- OPM’s Kupor wants more tech expertise in the federal workforce
- All 15 TSP funds post positive returns in October
- Draft memo reveals potentially sweeping Pentagon acquisition reforms
- Trump pressures GOP senators to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever
- VA calls for industry input on expanding cloud services provider portfolio
- Nominee for Pentagon CAPE director says office’s workforce is strained, needs new tech