Happy Friday and happy Halloween! Nicole Pottroff enjoyed presenting at the recent ICBSSHOW this week and enjoyed talking to many of our readers. But it’s also the last weekend to prepare and to stock up on candy for those trick or treaters. Hope the federal contracting stories from this week aren’t too scary.
This week in federal government contracting news, the Office of Management and Budget is setting a goal of awarding 13% of federal contract spending to “small, disadvantaged businesses” for fiscal 2024 and the SBA kicks off National Veterans Small Business Week, October 30-November 3, with lots of events taking place across the country. You can read more about these announcements and more in the articles below. Have a great weekend and have fun carving those pumpkins!
- US Department of Labor Implements Final Rule to Modernize Davis-Bacon Act Regulations, Better Meet Construction Workers’ Needs
- DISA looks to the open market for secure web browsing contract
- Treasury Department Releases Report Card on How President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is Supporting Record Small Business Growth
- SMALL BUSINESS PLAYBOOK The next big post-affirmative action legal ruling to drop targets billions in small business contracts
- FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces New Efforts to Expand Capital Access and Contracting Opportunities for Minority-Owned and Underserved Businesses at the Freedman’s Bank Forum
- Biden-Harris Administration announces agreement to supply federal facilities in three southern states with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity
- Biden officials set $3 bln bank deposit, procurement goals to boost minority firms
- State Department takes first crack at implementing supply chain risk management tools for contracts
- Yes, people, the House leadership failure also affects acquisition
- AECOM Agrees to $12 Million Settlement in Katrina Fraud Suit (2)
- October Celebrates the Lasting Impact of Women-Owned Businesses on the Economy
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (DFARS Case 2023-D011)
- Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR)
- Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in
- Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure
- National Veterans Small Business Week
- DoD to release first industrial strategy by end of year