The Office of Management and Budget has issued proposed guidance to advance and maximize the use of U.S.-manufactured construction materials in federally funded infrastructure projects. OMB is also proposing standards to ensure
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Farooq Mitha, director of the office of small business programs at the Department of Defense, said small companies and their innovative technologies could enable the U.S. to maintain a military edge in
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Jerome Powell, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, said inflation has started to ease but the process would take time and warned that the Fed could continue
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The Department of Defense is facing requirements from Congress to justify its use of Section 804 Mid-Tier Acquisition and other authorities that seek to simplify the procurement process to rapidly deploy military
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The Department of Defense’s office of the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment has released a memorandum calling on DOD components to achieve small business objectives through the adoption of category management best
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The Department of Defense has unveiled a plan to harness the full potential of the small business industrial base to strengthen the development of innovative systems and capabilities for the warfighter. The
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Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., have asked the Government Accountability Office to assess the national security risks associated with consulting firms doing business with both the U.S. government and
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The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum announcing the modernization of the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting program as part of efforts to reflect best practices in modern learning
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Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator of the Small Business Administration, said new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that a record pace of small business applications continued in 2022. “Since the start
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