SmallGovCon readers, have a great Thanksgiving! We won’t be posting our weekly roundup next week due to the holiday, but we’ll catch up on any missed news the following week.

In the mean time, enjoy this week’s roundup of federal contracting news. Also be sure to enjoy the family, friends, and food at your Thanksgiving table. My personal favorite–stuffing! Below are some interesting updates about GSA’s investigation into the rocky transition to beta.sam.gov, a guilty plea in a “Rent-A-Vet” Scheme, and Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division establishing New Business Opportunities.

• GSA promises to figure out why transition from FedBizOpps struggled. [federalnewsnetwork]
• State Department to launch IT Acquisitions Office. [fedscoop]
• Pentagon Procurement and the Laws of Physics. [pogo]
• San Diego Contractor Pleads Guilty in $11 Million “Rent-A-Vet” Scheme. [justice.gov]
• Man accused of defrauding NASA Plum Brook pleads guilty. [sanduskyregister]
• DOD Has Processes for Identifying Training Needs and Maintaining Visibility over Contracts. [gao.gov]
• NSWC Dahlgren’s OTA Opens the Door to New Business Opportunities. [navsea.navy.mil]