There was recently big news out of Washington with the Small Business Administration’s announcement that the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded its small business contracting goal of 23% in fiscal 2022. When […]
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DHS dives in, refines market research approach
Can artificial intelligence make the workday easier for Homeland Security Department contracting officers? With the Biden administration’s efforts to expand the industrial base by working to get more small and […]
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‘Whaling’ attacks against feds on the rise; also costing contractors
There is a new term all senior executives, contracting officers and contractors providing products need to grasp and fully comprehend. It is about a new trend called ‘whaling,’ and yes, […]
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Opinion | Court forces about-face by GSA
There was recently tumult in the Court of Federal Claims when it affected two huge governmentwide acquisition contracts ― Polaris and OASIS+ ― that are controlled by the General Services […]
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Commentary | The pros, cons of ChatGPT
In a recent article in National Defense Magazine, Kimberly Sablon, the principal director for trusted artificial intelligence and autonomy at the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering for the […]
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OMB streamlining contracting officer training
In a recent memo to its Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget has updated the certification process for contracting officers in its effort to […]
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TargetGov awarded contracts listing
Dhillon Engineering Inc., Owings Mills, MD and 4 other companies will compete for each order of the $35,000,000 contract for architect-engineer services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, […]
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2023 federal NDAA budget commitments, PTAC now APEX
NDAA in play President Biden recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 into law thereby setting policy and budget priorities for the Department of Defense and, […]
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TargetGov awarded contracts listing
Amentum Services Inc., Germantown, MD, won a $7,628,711 contract for worldwide aviation maintenance services for the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Redstone Arsenal, AL. Digital edition This item appears in […]
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Earmarks are back, with bipartisan support
The revival of earmarks Earmarks or funds offered as favors to individual members of Congress for particular projects have made a major comeback, with more than 7,000 worth billions of […]