Alert reader K. Cousins, now of Minneapolis, writes, “Our company won a government contract for professional services several months ago.  A recent task order, though, bears little resemblance to the original deal.  Our customer and sales team says ‘Let’s go’.  Should I be concerned.?”  It’s not uncommon for the government to ask for a solution one way and then actually buy it sliced some other way, K.  It’s a little like asking for your sandwich to be cut down Read more

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Planned Parenthood and related social spending issues could derail the timely passage of the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to fund the government through the remainder of FY’18.  The existing Continuing Resolution (CR) expires March 23^rd and, while initial Read more

Although DOD’s huge $950M cloud award to REAN was substantially reduced last week, it’s clear that federal agencies – especially DOD, DHS, and GSA – are looking for new, innovative businesses to participate in the federal market.  If your customers have innovation labs and new buying methods, your company should probably follow suit.  Some traditional contractors, in fact, have already started reaching out for new talent in order to have an edge when Read more

The Department of Labor sent out 1,000 notices to government contractors in the past month notifying them of potential reviews of their affirmative action, veteran’s hiring, and other EEO requirements.  The letters are required by law and do not automatically mean that a full-scale audit will occur.  Nevertheless, Office of Federal Contract Compliance personnel will conduct “desk audits” of many contractors to ensure that companies are adhering to the various hiring requirements contained in virtually every government contract awarded to a large business.  Read more