VA Proposes Extending Oracle Health EHR Contract Past Its $10 Billion Ceiling The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is preparing to extend its massive Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) contract with Oracle Health past its original $10 billion ceiling....
SBA Finalizes Sweeping Rewrite of 8(a) Social Disadvantage Rules The Small Business Administration (SBA) has finalized a new rule overhauling how applicants establish social disadvantage for the 8(a) Business Development Program. Effective September 10, 2026, the rule...
DoD Explores New Pathways to Accelerate Commercial Innovation into National Security The Department of Defense is rolling out new acquisition initiatives designed to integrate non-traditional commercial technologies into national security missions faster. The effort...
House Unanimously Passes FIT Procurement Act to Streamline Federal Tech Acquisitions The House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act. The bipartisan bill aims to cut through bureaucratic red tape,...
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),...
