Year: 2025

In October, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification final program rule was published by the Defense Department. The CMMC outlines security controls that federal contractors must have in place…

The Federal Acquisition Council has awoken to the need to revise organizational conflict of interest rules for federal contractors. Congress mandated the change in 2022. Fifteen years have…

The General Services Administration is often one of the go-to agencies for new administrations that want to get things done. That includes the first and second Trump administrations….

The Veterans Affairs Department lifted its pause on cancelling “non-essential” or duplicative contracts and reduced its initial number by more than 300. VA said today it is terminating…

Helping managers ensure no one feels left out of workplace events. The post Why Wasn’t I Invited? appeared first on Training.

About a year or so ago, Maj. Gen. Anthony Genatempo, program executive officer for cyber and networks for the Air Force and Space Force, drew a line in…

The FoRGED Act is the procurement blueprint for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026. A section of the FoRGED Act contains language that will change the statutory authority…

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology for a wide-ranging, candid discussion of the new administration’s executive…

The General Services Administration is making a second, more direct push to strongly encourage agencies to cut “nonessential” consulting contracts by March 7. And this time, it’s telling…

In some ways the government barely ever changes. In other ways, the government today is unrecognizable from the one of 25 years ago. Four presidents, seven administrations and…