Although DOD’s huge $950M cloud award to REAN was substantially reduced last week, it’s clear that federal agencies – especially DOD, DHS, and GSA – are looking for new, innovative businesses to participate in the federal market. If your customers have innovation labs and new buying methods, your company should probably follow suit. Some traditional contractors, in fact, have already started reaching out for new talent in order to have an edge when Read more
The Department of Labor sent out 1,000 notices to government contractors in the past month notifying them of potential reviews of their affirmative action, veteran’s hiring, and other EEO requirements. The letters are required by law and do not automatically mean that a full-scale audit will occur. Nevertheless, Office of Federal Contract Compliance personnel will conduct “desk audits” of many contractors to ensure that companies are adhering to the various hiring requirements contained in virtually every government contract awarded to a large business. Read more
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The new hot thing in government contracting, at least in the Department of Defense, is Other Transaction Authority (OTA). To be sure, this is an exciting tool that will be increasingly used, at least until someone messes it up by being overly ambitious. The bottom line remains, however, that contractors need to be where their government customers can find them, whatever the Read more
While federal agencies have been hard at work for some time crafting IT project proposals that could be eligible for anticipated new MGT Act funding, OMB officially issued guidance last week on how such projects will be approved. A seven person board will officially be announced March 12th, but names, such as FAS Commissioner Alan Thomas, have already been released. Read more