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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

The biggest risk to your sensitive government information is often not an outside hacker but a trusted insider. For contractors, an insider-threat program is both a compliance duty and the difference between a bad day and a catastrophe.
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Federal Contracting News

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

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

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

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Updated Sep 7, 2026
🔴FOMC rate decision Wed · Sep 16 · 2:00 PM ET · URGENT
◆August CPI report — BLS, 8:30 AM ET Fri · Sep 11
🔴FY2027 appropriations deadline Wed · Sep 30 · URGENT
🔴FY2026 Q4 closes Wed · Sep 30 · URGENT

Proposal & Procurement Insights

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.....

Your Record Follows You: Past Performance, CPARS, FAPIIS, and the Cost of Padding It

Your past performance is a scored, government-wide record that shapes every future award. Understand how CPARS.....

The Contractor’s Oversight Weapon: How Bid Protests Keep Procurement Honest

A bid protest is how contractors hold the government accountable for a flawed or unfair award......

Made in America, and You Have to Prove It: The Buy American Act and Domestic Content

The Buy American Act favors domestic products in federal purchasing, and the domestic content thresholds are.....

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

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

The Small Charges That Build a Big Case: Government Purchase Card Misuse and Fraud

The Party You Are Not Allowed to Pay: OFAC Sanctions and the Contractor’s Screening Duty

BREAKING: $4.9 Million Settlement Shows How Fake Parts and a Borrowed Code Become Fraud

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The Contractor’s Oversight Weapon: How Bid Protests Keep Procurement Honest

A bid protest is how contractors hold the government accountable for a flawed or unfair award. But standing, strict deadlines,

The Favor That Becomes a Felony: Bribery and Illegal Gratuities to Federal Officials

Giving anything of value to a federal official to influence an official act is bribery, a serious felony under 18

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

The 8(a) program is a powerful runway for disadvantaged small businesses, but it demands genuine ownership, real control, and honest

BREAKING: DOJ Just Rewrote the False Claims Act Playbook. Two Changes Every Contractor Should Know.

On September 18, 2026, DOJ revised its False Claims Act policy in two big ways: it can no longer build

Made in America, and You Have to Prove It: The Buy American Act and Domestic Content

The Buy American Act favors domestic products in federal purchasing, and the domestic content thresholds are rising. A false Buy

Not What You Promised to Deliver: Product Substitution and Counterfeit Parts Fraud

Delivering something other than what the contract specified, or passing off counterfeit parts as genuine, is among the most aggressively

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