Pentagon Suspends CMMC Phase 2 Requirements Pending 60-Day Overhaul Review In a major shakeup for the defense industrial base, the Pentagon has immediately suspended the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2 requirements that were slated to take...

OFPP Proposes Rule to Align Cost Accounting Standards with GAAP The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register aimed at conforming Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 404, 408, 409, and 411 to Generally Accepted...

DOI Eliminates Past Performance Requirements for Massive Small Business Cisco IDIQ The Department of the Interior (DOI) has officially dropped a total small business set-aside solicitation for its Cisco Enterprise Software and Equipment procurement. In a rare move...

Major Acquisition Overhaul: First 17 Parts of the FAR Enter Formal Rulemaking Process The federal government is undertaking a massive, phased restructuring of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to modernize the procurement process. The first 17 parts of the...

Senate NDAA Proposes Lifeline CMMC Grant Program for Small Businesses The Senate's draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision for a new grant program aimed at helping small defense contractors shoulder the steep costs of Cybersecurity...

NIH Announces Sunset of NITAAC Governmentwide Contract Vehicles The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the sunset of all governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) managed by the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC),...

Two Changes Moving Through the House Would Reshape How Agencies Buy New legislative efforts in the House aim to significantly alter federal procurement by giving the "Rule of Two" more legal weight to favor small businesses, while simultaneously pushing federal...

DoD's System to Protect Classified Information Held by Contractors Is Under Strain A recent GAO review found that DCSA, the agency responsible for clearing contractor facilities and personnel across roughly 90–95% of U.S. classified contracts, lacks the staffing and...

Growth in Federal Contracting Comes with Margin Pressures Federal contractors are continuing to see growth opportunities across civilian and defense agencies,but rising operational costs and tighter oversight are putting increased pressure on margins. Industry leaders...

OMB Pulls Back the Curtain: Federal IT Contract Data to Go Public The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to publicly publish technology contract data collected under its recent agency directives. Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia confirmed that the data, including...