3 tech-powered trends for GovCon to watch in 2025
Raju Karki, CEO of Karki Consulting Group, highlights cybersecurity compliance and operational efficiency as areas where contractors can lean on technology to lead the way. The government contracting industry is fraught with stiff competition, stringent compliance mandates, and, too often, antiquated systems that don’t necessarily aid project management. These outdated systems, usually implemented poorly and lacking […]
Trump wants 10 regulations eliminated for each new one issued. Will it actually work?
Experts argue that a similar policy during Trump’s first term didn’t lead to substantial deregulation but did slow rulemaking. During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, he mandated that agencies eliminate two regulations for every new one issued. For his second term, he’s upping the ante. “Already, preparations are underway to slash massive numbers of job-killing regulations […]
GSA makes first batch of Polaris awards
The General Services Administration is working on three more groups of selections for this government-wide IT contract vehicle reserved for small businesses. The General Services Administration has awarded 102 companies positions on Polaris, a government-wide IT contract vehicle reserved for small businesses. GSA originally intended to make this first block of Polaris awards to 100 firms, […]
Federal LinkedIn census shows civilian agency gains but DOD drops
Mark Amtower’s annual analysis shows the civilian workforce hit 1.6 members while defense numbers declined. Total federal presence grows to 2.9 million. My 14th annual census of feds on LinkedIn shows a modest gain for defense, uniformed services, intelligence community and civilian agencies with an increase of just 13,299. That brings the total civilian and military […]
2024’s unfinished business that carries over to 2025
These stories started in 2024, but are not even close to the finish line. The stories we cover almost never begin and end neatly within a calendar year. News marches to its own drum beat, so whatever starts out in one year inevitably spills over into the next. As we look forward to 2025, it’s helpful to look […]
Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 7, 2025
You have a little extra time to get nominations in for federal IT superstars from the past year. We’re extending the deadline to submit Federal 100 nominations into 2025. Our final, no-extensions deadline is Jan. 7, 2025. This gives you an extra week to finalize your nominations to make sure the superstars in the federal IT […]
If, Then: 2025’s pathways, questions and scenarios to consider
Now live: edition number six of this annual exercise to start a new year by looking at what will matter, not necessarily what will happen. Looking at what is important and what we will be talking about in the year ahead is safer territory, and more interesting to do, than outright predictions. Here we go then […]
Agencies report over 1,700 AI use cases
While federal agencies finalized their artificial intelligence inventories, discrepancies in reporting risk mitigation persist. Federal agencies have submitted their complete inventories of artificial intelligence use cases to the White House to ensure trustworthy and transparent deployment. Following the recent Monday deadline to report such programs, 37 agencies submitted over 1,700 use cases to the White House […]
COMMENTARY: Why the quality of your customer relationship matters
You were certain you would win but you didn’t. BD and capture expert Nc Coppings explains what goes wrong a when a sure thing goes bust. As a growth officer, you strive for consistent, predictable organic growth. But that’s hard to achieve when you keep losing bids you were sure you’d win. The missing key performance […]
GSA starts to make OASIS+ general small business choices official
The General Services Administration names 1,373 companies as final winners for this piece of the government-wide professional services contract vehicle The General Services Administration has made official its first batch of winners for the general small business track of OASIS+, the recompete of a massive government-wide professional services contract vehicle. Back in July, GSA posted a […]