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The House Just Voted to Dodge an October Shutdown — What the FY2027 Stopgap Means for Your Contracts

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The FAR Overhaul Enters Phase 2: The Comment Window Just Closed — Here’s What’s Changing and What’s Next for Small Business

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Watch the Exceptions: Why OASIS+ Sole-Source Task Orders Are Worth Tracking This Q4

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The Set-Aside Rulebook Is Changing: Why Your Eligibility Documentation Is Now a Compliance Risk

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The Set-Aside Rulebook Is Changing: Why Your Eligibility Documentation Is Now a Compliance Risk

SBA's shift to a discrimination-based 8(a) test plus aggressive DOJ False Claims Act enforcement means set-aside firms must keep eligibility

Award Wire: Where the Federal Dollars Landed This Week — and Where Small Firms Fit

A roundup of notable late-July 2026 federal awards — CAE, Kratos, GDMS, and a small-business JV — and where subcontractors

The House Just Voted to Dodge an October Shutdown — What the FY2027 Stopgap Means for Your Contracts

The House passed a continuing resolution through Dec 4 to avoid an Oct 1 shutdown. What flat funding and a

Quantum Just Got a $125M Federal Vote of Confidence — And a Chicago Footprint. Here’s the GovCon Angle.

PsiQuantum signed a $125M DARPA agreement under the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. What the federal quantum push means for small contractors

The FAR Overhaul Enters Phase 2: The Comment Window Just Closed — Here’s What’s Changing and What’s Next for Small Business

The FAR Council's Phase 2 proposed rules would permanently rewrite about 20 FAR parts. Comments on the first batch closed

Watch the Exceptions: Why OASIS+ Sole-Source Task Orders Are Worth Tracking This Q4

As agencies rush year-end obligations onto OASIS+, exception-to-fair-opportunity task orders are worth tracking. Here's why — and how to position.
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