The HUBZone Program’s rules will change on May 25, 2018 to delete the requirement that a HUBZone company owned by U.S. citizens be “directly” owned by those citizens.
Source: HUBZone Program: SBA Will Delete “Direct” Ownership Requirement – SmallGovCon
Senior Army leaders on Monday described the broad outlines of what they said would be the most significant reorganization of the service in the past 45 years, vowing that a forthcoming Army Futures Command would fix problems in the service’s current acquisition system, make sure the Army can outmatch potential adversaries like China and Russia, and ensure that it is technologically dominant for decades to come.
Now the closely watched draft solicitation of the 10-year, multibillion-dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) commercial cloud contract races toward its next deadline.
Now that Congress and the White House have agreed on a budget for the rest of 2018, contractors must figure out how to deal with a year’s worth of demand in six months. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about how it looks to services contractors.
Source: Alan Chvotkin: contractors wondering if time frames workable with budget
The DoD Mentor-Protege Program is undergoing some major changes as the result of a final rule issued March 23, 2018. Government contracts attorney Steven Koprince breaks down the good, the bad and the ugly from the final rule.
Source: DoD Mentor-Protege Program: Major Changes Finalized – SmallGovCon
With an approved federal budget and a full stack of legislative actions being discussed, government and industry leaders are digging in for some fascinating developments leading up to the mid-term elections. From recompetes to reorganization, here are four federal market trends to watch from now through the end of the year.
Source: Four must-watch federal market trends — Washington Technology
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said about 10 days before the end of the latest continuing resolution that he was optimistic that congressional appropriators would find some money for the Technology Modernization Fund.
Source: 5 ways the 2018 omnibus promotes IT modernization, cybersecurity – FederalNewsRadio.com
Last week, we highlighted the CAS Cost Impact Adequacy Tool published by DCAA to help its audit staff assess the adequacy of contractor-submitted CAS cost impact proposals. Today we want to continue the discussion by identifying different types of cost accounting changes.
GSA began alerting vendors on March 22 after it found a third-party changed the financial information of “a limited number” of contractors registered on the SAM.gov portal.
Source: GSA’s central contractor website victimized by fraud for second time
The General Services Administration has opened its potential 10-year, $5 billion “VETS 2” IT services contract for business and is ready to accept task orders on the vehicle, GSA has confirmed to Washington Technology.
Source: GSA opens VETS 2 IT services contract — Defense Systems
