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GAO Report: Pentagon Contracting Go Lane No Faster Than Regular Slow Lane
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Noah Robertson “The Pentagon’s fast-track pathway for buying equipment often doesn’t move any faster than the normal...

“EVMS” Drives True Project Status, By Integrating Project Cost, Schedule And Estimate At Completion
Image: .wikipedia.org “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Prudently used, an Earned Value Management approach gives insight into the dynamics of...

Here’s How DIU Will Spend Almost $1Billion This Year
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Carley Welch “Overall, DIU plans to release around two dozen solicitations for new projects using the DIU’s...

A Fiscal Crisis: The West is on the Wrong Side of Cost Curve
“REAL CLEAR DEFENSE” By Matthew Van Wagenen & Arnel P. David “An axis of aggressors has embarked on a new strategy to defeat the West:...

MONARCH MANOR
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Veteran Transition Programs Are Too Focused On Education And Not Job Opportunity
“MILITARY TIMES”By Jonathan Lehrfeld “Services are overly focused on education instead of direct job opportunities, and there is limited...

Why Invest In Business Development Training For Your Front-line Technical People
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Coppings “Your front-line team’s ability to engage customers in a manner everyone loves will create not...

Should You Consider Small Business Federal Government Contracting?
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Small business federal government contracting is different from the commercial marketplace in terms of...

Space Force Awards $1 Billion Software Development Task Order Contract To 20 Small Businesses
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers “The service branch hires 20 small businesses to help move along the development of a new system...

Track These Civilian Government Agency IT Priorities As FY 2024 Concludes
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOCY” By Ryan Nelson “From improving cybersecurity to modernizing legacy IT systems to enhancing the citizen...

Chinese Semiconductor Ban To Impact Defense Contractors
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Susan Cassidy, Daniel Raddenbach and Peter Terenzio “The proposed FAR clause would be incorporated into...

Navy Admiral’s Bribery Charges Expose Greater Rot In Government Procurement System
CLICK ABOVE IMAGE TO ENLARGE “RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT” By WILLIAM HARTUNG AND BEN FREEMAN “The indictment of four-star Navy Admiral Robert...

VA Starts Work On New 1,200-Unit Veterans Housing Project
“TASK AND PURPOSE” By Nicholas Slayton “Two housing projects set aside for veterans officially got underway at the end of May that will...

Managing Risk In Small Federal Government Contracting Business System Development
“SMALL TO FEDS” By Ken Larson “Most small enterprises must undertake some form of business process augmentation when entering federal...

How Government Technology Can Bridge Generational Workforce Gaps
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Robert Edelman “While tools may bridge the physical gap, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing can take teams a...

The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Version 2.0 To Start Early 2025
“BREAKING DEFENSE” –By Carley Welch “We are moving forward, we’re hoping by the first quarter of calendar year [2025] we’ll be able to...

‘America’s Gatekeeper’ Has A Message For Small Defense Contractors
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner and Cristina Stassis “There’s a lesser-known Pentagon agency you must get to know if you’re a small...

UPDATE Small Business Instant Depreciation Tax Break Increase
UPDATE: Jan 2, 2024 –The Section 179 deduction for 2024 is $1,220,000, which is an increase of $60,000 from 2023’s limit. This means U.S....

EARLY SUMMER DELIGHTS
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