4 Government Contracting Trends to Watch in 2016 Castlemar Consulting’s Mark Abel examines four contracting trends for 2016. Source: Washington Exec, Article written by Mark Abel, published October 1, 2016 Today’s times represent an ongoing shift in the federal services … Continued
Make the Switch to New Payments Technology Fraud is a big problem in the United States. New payment technology starts October 1. Source: SBA, Article written by Maria Contreras-Sweet and Jack Dorsey, Published September 15, 2015 This October, America will … Continued
Pentagon Unveils New Rules Requiring Contractors To Disclose Data Breaches IT security is very important for small business. OMB is proposing new guidelines for data security. Source: NextGov, Article written by Aliya Sternstein, published August 26, 2015 New sweeping defense … Continued
Implements WOSB/EDWOSB Sole Source Authority Provisions in FY15 NDAA On September 14th, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published their final rule allowing sole source awards to Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs) in certain circumstances, … Continued
GSA wants industry comments on cybersecurity SIN With the recent security breaches at OPM, GSA is looking to make it easier for agencies to procure cyber security tools and services. Source: Federal Times, Article written by Aaron Boyd, published August … Continued
Say goodbye to 100 page RFPs – 18F found another way 18F created a testing ground of a new standard for federal procurement. If successful, companies will not have to rely on massive RFP’s to win contracts. Source: FederalTimes, Article … Continued
Actions Foreshadow Uniform Cybersecurity Regulations for Federal Contractors – Two Recent Executive Agency Actions Lay the Groundwork for a FAR Cybersecurity Clause in 2016 The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) is proposing a new rule pertaining to Controlled Unclassified … Continued
NIST Issues Final Guidance on Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Standards for Controlled Unclassified Information Source: Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Blog, Article written by Alexander Major, published June 23, 2015 On June 19, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and … Continued
GAO: DHS steps help small business gain more contracting opportunities, but more data needed Source: FierceHomelandSecurity, Article written by Dibya Sarkar, published June 29, 2015 The Homeland Security Department has taken several key steps to broaden small business participation in … Continued
Schedule 70 adding sections for health IT, cybersecurity After the release of a special item number (SIN) for cloud products and services on IT Schedule 70, the General Services Administration is now looking to create two more SINs for targeted … Continued
