Following President Donald J. Trump signing into law the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act (S. 3971), the War Department is immediately advancing with a redesigned and more focused initiative to accelerate the delivery of advanced capabilities to the warfighter. The act reauthorizes the vital Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology […]
Category Archives: Federal Governement Contracting
By: Brenda Crist & Beth Wingate The first evaluator of your proposal may no longer be human. Federal agencies are deploying artificial intelligence tools that conduct compliance evaluations in minutes, verifying that required forms are included, proposals meet solicitation requirements and instructions, and clauses and terms are adhered to. If an AI tool finds your […]
On March 26, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.” Read at the headline level, the order can sound like another broad anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pronouncement. Read as a procurement directive, however, it is something more concrete and more consequential: a command to federal agencies […]
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that he secured over $60.3 million in federal funding for six projects along the Central Coast through Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills. The influx of federal funding includes $54 million Padilla and Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) helped deliver for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in Monterey and […]
Last fall, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history—at 43 days—had lasting and widespread negative impacts across the country. The shutdown ended when Congress eventually agreed on an appropriations bill, but that bill funded the government only through January 30, 2026, with full-year appropriations only for Agriculture, the Legislative Branch, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs. […]
Charlie Sciuto October 6, 2025 1:31 pm The MORSECORP settlement shows that cybersecurity lapses are now legal and financial liabilities — not just technical ones. When the Justice Department announced a $4.6 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with defense contractor MORSECORP, Inc. (MORSE) this spring, it sent a clear message to the defense industrial base: […]
By Mary Jo Juarez, APEX Accelerator Advisor at Kitsap Economic Development Alliance The stopgap funding measure keeping the federal government running is expired on September 30. While Congress continued to work on a solution that is agreeable on how to handle funding for fiscal year 2026, the deadline was not met. There have been 21 […]
Construction disputes continue to rise in 2025. Yet the complications that trigger those disputes usually boil down to payment, changes, timelines or schedules and quality of work. This is why how a contract is written matters. On construction projects, the unexpected usually occurs. A properly written contract can eliminate many of the potential areas of […]
Pentagon to officially implement CMMC requirements in contracts by Nov. 10 The amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement marks the near end of a years-long effort to enforce CMMC 2.0 cybersecurity standards for defense contractors. The Pentagon has posted the much-anticipated updated rule that will require contracts to implement Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification […]
President Donald Trump last week ordered federal agencies to overhaul their procurement systems and regulations. It’s the biggest effort to modernize how federal agencies buy products and services since Congress passed the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act into law in the ’90s, according to Federal News Network. Trump’s April 15 executive order said the […]