ALERT: The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rules become effective in just over a month from now; December 1, 2016. These new rules will make 4.2 million employees previously exempt from overtime, eligible for overtime pay.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: New Overtime Rules Will Become Effective in a Month
Putin mocks America over hacking — Mirai is changing
Source: A plan for federal information technology – POLITICO
GAO auditors will take a comprehensive look at the government’s cloud security program by talking to agencies and commercial providers.
Source: GAO to probe FedRAMP — FCW
Growing revenue — and, we hope, profit — takes a lot of hard work, persistence and even some luck.
Source: Fastest Growing Companies 2016 – Washington Business Journal
What used to be multi-million-dollar work is now getting broken down at the local level.
Source: 3 Reasons Some Local Governments are Eschewing Big Tech Vendors for Startups
The plan aims to reduce opportunities for hackers to steal government information.
Source: White House to Push to Centralize IT to Protect Crown Jewels – Nextgov.com
DHS’ IT office has no official vote on DHS’ Joint Requirements Council, which was reinstated in 2014 after a former version of the council went defunct in the mid-2000s.
Source: GAO to DHS: Give IT Officials a Seat at the Table – Nextgov.com
Vendors find the most success using advanced commerce intelligence to win in the in business-to-government (B2G) marketplace. They act proactively, taking advantage of research and data related to future agency spending plans, past contract award history and the latest procurement trends. In this blog we discuss four key areas of information that companies wanting to grow their government business should target:
Source: Four Types of Information You Need to Win Government Business | Onvia
The deadline is looming for contractors to comply with new requirements from the Defense Security Service governing how contractors use and interact with classified networks. Here are four critical things you need to know.
The Air Force is still struggling to shorten its contract award times as it begins a big modernization push.
Source: Air Force still has work to do on acquisition scheduling – FederalNewsRadio.com
