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Updated Sep 7, 2026

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The Biggest Veteran-Care Reorganization in 30 Years Is Awarding Now: Where Small Firms Fit in VA CCN Next Gen

Federal grants come with rules as strict as any contract. The Uniform Guidance governs how you spend, document, and report, and misusing grant funds or faking the paperwork is grant fraud with the same False Claims Act teeth.
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Grants Are Not Free Money: The Uniform Guidance and How Grant Fraud Happens

The Company Pays, and So Do You: Individual Accountability in Contract Fraud

The Insider Who Can Sue on the Government’s Behalf: How a Qui Tam Case Really Works

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Updated Sep 7, 2026
🔴FOMC rate decision Wed · Sep 16 · 2:00 PM ET · URGENT
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🔴FY2027 appropriations deadline Wed · Sep 30 · URGENT
🔴FY2026 Q4 closes Wed · Sep 30 · URGENT

Proposal & Procurement Insights

Grants Are Not Free Money: The Uniform Guidance and How Grant Fraud Happens

Federal grants come with rules as strict as any contract. The Uniform Guidance governs how you.....

Your Subcontractor’s Problem Is Your Problem: Flow-Down Clauses and Prime Liability

As a prime, you are responsible for the whole job, including what your subcontractors do. Flow-down.....

The Wage Floor on Every Federal Jobsite: Davis-Bacon and the Risk of Getting It Wrong

On federal and federally funded construction, the Davis-Bacon Act sets the prevailing wages and fringe benefits.....

The Threat With a Badge: Protecting Controlled Information From Your Own Insiders

The biggest risk to your sensitive government information is often not an outside hacker but a.....

The Clauses You Must Follow Even When They Are Missing: The Christian Doctrine

Under the Christian Doctrine, a mandatory contract clause can be read into your contract by operation.....

The Technical Data You Cannot Share: Export Controls, ITAR, and EAR for Contractors

If your work touches defense technical data or controlled technology, ITAR and EAR govern who can.....

Agency Opportunities & Awards​

Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Puts the Pentagon in the Energy Business — What It Means for Defense and Logistics Contractors

The Trump administration confirmed a deal giving a private company.......

The FY2026 Q4 Final Sprint: 34 Days Left and Everything Every Small Business Contractor Must Do Before September 30

September 30 is 34 days away. It is the simultaneous.......

AI & Technology in GovCon

BREAKING: DHS Issues $2M Procurement Notice for Boston Dynamics Robot Dogs — What It Signals for the Federal Robotics Market

ICE just dropped a DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast notice for up to $2 million in Boston Dynamics Spot robots for.....

CISA Eyes a Follow-On Cybersecurity Operations Support Contract — How Small Cyber Firms Can Get In Now

CISA is developing a follow-on to its cybersecurity operations support contract — one of the most valuable recurring vehicles in.....

Training and Certifications

You Cannot Just Sell the Contract: Novation, Change of Ownership, and Recertification

The Right Way to Team Up: Mentor-Protege and Joint Venture Rules That Protect Your Size

Nine Years and One Standard: The 8(a) Program’s Ownership and Control Rules

Where You Sit and Who You Hire: The HUBZone Rules That Decide Your Eligibility

Compliance & Regulatory Alerts

Grants Are Not Free Money: The Uniform Guidance and How Grant Fraud Happens

Stealing an Edge Is a Federal Crime: Trade Secret Theft and Economic Espionage

Paid for Work Not Yet Done: Progress Payments and the Billing Lines You Cannot Cross

BREAKING: A Cyber Score of 104 That Was Really Negative 142. The $4.6 Million Lesson.

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The Wage Floor on Every Federal Jobsite: Davis-Bacon and the Risk of Getting It Wrong

On federal and federally funded construction, the Davis-Bacon Act sets the prevailing wages and fringe benefits you must pay, and

BREAKING: A Cyber Score of 104 That Was Really Negative 142. The $4.6 Million Lesson.

A defense contractor paid $4.6 million after allegedly reporting a near-perfect cybersecurity score while its real score was deeply negative.

The Threat With a Badge: Protecting Controlled Information From Your Own Insiders

The biggest risk to your sensitive government information is often not an outside hacker but a trusted insider. For contractors,

Bribery Has No Borders: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Contractors Working Abroad

If your work reaches overseas, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act bars paying foreign officials to win business and demands accurate

You Cannot Just Sell the Contract: Novation, Change of Ownership, and Recertification

When your company is sold or restructured, your government contracts do not transfer automatically. The Anti-Assignment Act, the novation process,

The Clauses You Must Follow Even When They Are Missing: The Christian Doctrine

Under the Christian Doctrine, a mandatory contract clause can be read into your contract by operation of law even if

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