The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, requirements are set to go live in November after years of rulemaking. Defense Department officials are now rolling out acquisition…
On July 19th, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council proposed a surprising new rule: Government contractors must use plastic drinking straws. Yes, you read that right. If a…
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Well, there’s a lot of things happening in your world. Let’s talk about, first, the new memo that came out at the end of…
Employees need to understand how to initiate and lead an establishing conversation with a new manager about expectations, roles, and processes. The post Training Employees to Communicate Up…
After unveiling a series of immediate acquisition changes over the summer, the Trump administration is on track to debut a formal rulemaking to overhaul and streamline the Federal…
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Let’s start with the big picture. DOJ published a pretty important memo at the end of July addressing guidance for recipients of federal funding…
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Okay, so Congress is back, but limited number of work days before the end of the FY. So with the threat of government shutdown…
The reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research program is caught in a tug-of-war. The new-age venture capitalists want to transform the 43-year-old program to meet what they…
As geopolitical threats grow, the U.S. must strengthen its defense industrial base and accelerate innovation. Technological superiority isn’t guaranteed. It must be earned through bold policy, targeted investment…
The Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) was created in 1982 to serve the research and development and technology needs of the federal government by leveraging the energies,…