“U.S. agencies regularly tell prospective contract bidders that they must provide a certain brand name product in their proposals—or that only one supplier has the right item—resulting in some companies claiming to be unfairly excluded
“The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced a bill requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency to improve its data collection systems as part of an effort to address long standing economic disparities in
“President Biden is preparing to sign into a law a bill that would create a civilian personnel rotation program for cybersecurity professionals working at federal agencies. Once enacted, the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act
“Although OPM’s federal workforce priorities report, released on May 10, asks agencies to focus on only two of the four focus areas, implementing all four can help agencies resolve bigger workforce issues…” “The goals center
“2021 saw a large volume of technology transfer initiatives between federal agencies thanks to increased efforts by the Department of Commerce to better disseminate viable technological products from federal laboratories and control for gaps in
‘LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, the leader in actionable threat intelligence, will acquire Next5, a business intelligence and strategic advisory firm focused on securing American leadership in critical technologies. As part of this merger, Next5 Founder and
“The Small Business Administration is requesting a FY23 budget boost to help small companies learn how to sell to the government. Angela Styles, partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and former administrator
“The administrator of the Small Business Administration Isabel Guzman says government contracting to small businesses is off by 40%. Joe Jordan, president and CEO of Actuparo LLC and former U.S. chief acquisition officer, discusses why
“The General Service Administration’s (GSA) Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (AI CoE) has launched an Applied AI Challenge that seeks to bring forth industry solutions for AI technologies, the AI CoE announced. The challenge aims
“You don’t have to work decades for the federal government to have an impact. That’s one idea behind the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, operated by the General Services Administration. Now the program has a new
