Webinar Event! Top 21 Legal Mistakes in Federal Government Contracting, February 13, 2025, 1:00pm-2:30pm CST

Federal contracting rules and laws are complicated, and the rules aren’t always intuitive. Many contractors make legal mistakes routinely, involving everything from completing SAM profiles to calculating small business size to communicating with government contracting officers. Federal government contracts attorneys, Nicole Pottroff & Annie Birney of Koprince McCall Pottroff, will discuss the top 21 most common legal mistakes that contractors make time and time again. You will learn what these common mistakes are and how to avoid them. Please join us for this free webinar hosted by the Alaska APEX Accelerators. Register here.

SmallGovCon Week in Review: January 20-24, 2025

Happy Friday, Readers! We hope you had a great week and are ready for the weekend. We are looking forward to our weather finally warming up and melting off some of this snow in the next few days. The respite from the very cold temperatures will be a nice change. Have a good weekend in your neck of the woods!

This week in federal government contracting…

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: January 6-10, 2025

It’s Friday and time for another week in review! We hope you have had a great week and are safe from the extreme weather conditions the country seems to be experiencing right now. We are still digging out from the blizzard sent our way by the polar vortex. We also hope that our readers in California are safe and well. Our thoughts go out to all of you that are dealing with those devastating wildfires.

This week in federal government contracting news had some interesting stories including withdrawals of federal regulations on contractor greenhouse gas emissions and pay equity, as well as opportunities for federal contractors in 2025.

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: December 16-20, 2024

Hello, blog readers! Well, everyone is on pins and needles to see if the federal government will face a shut down. As you may have heard, the House rejected the proposed government funding, so now we wait to see if the third proposal will be agreed upon today to keep things going. Stay tuned! In other news, our office is very excited about the Bluey movie–can’t wait for 2027!

And now, more on that and other news from the federal government, including cybersecurity updates, AI, and updates to subcontracting rules.

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SmallGovCon Week in Review: November 18-22, 2024

Happy Friday, SmallGovCon readers and have a great Thanksgiving next week! 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 meantime, enjoy this week’s federal contracting news. Also be sure to enjoy the family, friends, and food at your Thanksgiving table and maybe catch a football game. We will be back, with another edition of the week in review, in December. Some of the key stories this week including an update on small business past performance evaluation for affiliates, and updates on GAO bid protest stats.

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Webinar Event: Legal Updates 2024 hosted by the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship, November 20, 2024

The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship is hosting this helpful, virtual workshop on Legal Updates 2024. In this webinar, government contracting attorneys, John Holtz and Gregory Weber will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2024. Specifically, we will discuss important new small business rules, updates to the 8(a) rules and application procedures, joint venture changes, updated SDVOSB certification requirements, key provisions of the recent National Defense Authorization Act, recent cases pertinent to federal contractors, and more. Hope you can join us! Register here.

Event Announcement: NAPEX Fall Conference 2024

We are excited to announce that Nicole Pottroff will be attending the Fall NAPEX conference in Washington DC and will be presenting on legal updates on October 30. The conference gives agencies and primes the opportunity to promote supplier diversity programs and learn how the APEX Accelerators can partner and assist in meeting contracting goals.

The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) is the professional organization of and for the DoD APEX Accelerators nationwide. APTAC supports the APEX Accelerators by providing important information, professional networking, comprehensive training and a voice in national government contracting assistance. They are a great resource for obtaining helpful information for federal government contractors. We certainly enjoy the opportunity to present throughout the year for this beneficial organization.

If you are attending, please stop by our table to say hello. Hope to see you there!