Congress has one week to pass a budget for 2017 and while analysts expect the Defense Department to come away fully funded, the Office of Management and Budget is preparing the Pentagon for the potential of a government shutdown.
Source: If DoD gets its money next week, it will know how to spend it in a hurry – FederalNewsRadio.com
An agency engaged in “egregious” misconduct in its evaluation of proposals and defense of several bid protests, according to the Court of Federal Claims.
Source: Agency’s Conduct “An Egregious Example Of Intransigence And Deception,” Court Says – SmallGovCon
Earlier this month, The GAO (Government Accountability Office) published proposed changes to its Yellow Book, also known as Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards or GAGAS and invited public comments. These Government Auditing Standards are followed by auditors performing audits of Government programs including contract audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). Whether Government contractors realize it or not, whenever they are being audited, the auditors are following the auditing principles embodied in GAO’s “Yellow Book”.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: GAO Issues Exposure Draft of New “Yellow Book”
Mitigating hacking attacks, implementing more nimble procurement methods and more will be explored at this year’s National Association of State Chief Information Officer’s Midyear Conference.
Source: NASCIO Midyear 2017: Cybersecurity, Agile Take Center Stage | StateTech Magazine
A proposed SBA regulation would adopt the 2017 NAICS codes as part of the SBA’s size standards table.
Source: Proposed SBA Rule Adopts 2017 NAICS Codes – SmallGovCon
The Marine Corps will utilize a major portion of Navy’s IT budget for everything from cyber and incident response tools to data visualization and analytics.
Here is part II of our breakdown of the Navy’s IT focus areas through FY18 and the best ways the private sector can generate new leads. (If you missed part I, click here.)
Source: How and where to do business in the Navy: Part II | Government Sales Insider
The Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department has teamed up with 18F to create a one-stop portal to handle Freedom of Information Act requests for all 119 agencies covered by the transparency law.
The White House previewed an executive order it says will boost manufacturing and skilled labor at home.
Source: Trump ‘s executive order aims to rein in foreign contractor spending
Steve Ballmer’s new venture is striving to turn billions of bits of government data into facts.
Source: Finding Just the Facts in Government Data – InformationWeek
One of the biggest priorities of the Trump administration is a boost to the Department of Defense budget, specifically a substantial expansion of the Navy’s fleet. While a detailed FY18 budget is forthcoming, Navy commanders and program managers have recently been vocal about their priorities.
Source: How and where to do business in the Navy: Part I | Government Sales Insider
