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NASA Is Insourcing — What It Means for Current Contractors and the Agencies Following NASA’s Lead

NASA is taking over technical and operational work from major contractors like Amentum, which projects losing 3% of annual revenue in 2027 from NASA insourcing alone. The trend is spreading across agencies and every contractor with a large NASA or federal services footprint needs a strategy.

The Army Is Shutting Down Its Social Media — And Small Business Contractors Are Losing Their Best Outreach Channel

Army Directive 2026-17 shuts down hundreds of official Army social media accounts including its 25,000-follower LinkedIn page. For small business and nontraditional contractors who relied on those channels for acquisition intelligence, the blackout has real consequences.

🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon’s $244M Palantir No-Bid Memo Names the Winner Before the Competition — What It Means for Small Business Contractors

Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg sent a memo directing up to $243.9M to Palantir without competitive bidding — naming the company first and citing none of the legal justifications FAR requires. Non-competitive awards now account for 14.8% of all federal contracts in 2026. Here is what every small business contractor needs to know.

One CUI Standard for the Whole Government: The New FAR Rule and Its 72-Hour Clock

A proposed FAR rule would standardize how all contractors handle Controlled Unclassified Information — with 72-hour incident reporting and real False Claims Act exposure.

SBA Just Relaunched SBA.gov — and Refocused on Capital for Small Manufacturers and Builders

On its 73rd anniversary, SBA launched a modernized SBA.gov to streamline access to capital, counseling, and contracting — with a sharpened focus on manufacturers.

The $1 AI Deal Reshaping Federal Buying: What GSA’s OneGov Means for Your Business

GSA's OneGov strategy is putting frontier AI in agencies' hands for pennies. Here's what the shift to centralized commercial buying means for small GovCon firms.

How Agencies Actually Buy Under a Continuing Resolution — and How to Keep Your Pipeline Moving

With a FY2027 stopgap likely, here's what a continuing resolution does to federal buying — what stalls, what keeps moving, and how to protect your pipeline.

Award Wire: Early-August Federal Awards — Including a $499M Small-Business Set-Aside Win

A roundup of early-August 2026 federal awards — Leidos, a small-business space IDIQ, an Alaska sole-source, and a B-21 build — and where subcontractors fit.

CMMC Is Paused, Not Gone: The August 14 Window to Shape It — and What You Must Keep Doing

CMMC Phase 2 is suspended pending a task-force review, with an RFI due August 14. But Phase 1 self-assessments, SPRS scores, and FCA risk all remain live.

The SBIR Reset: New Proposal Caps and ‘Strategic Breakthrough’ Awards Land in FY2027

SBIR/STTR was reauthorized through 2031 — but the reforms bite in FY2027: agency proposal caps, a new $30M Strategic Breakthrough award, and tighter foreign screening.
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