Redstone Government Consulting

MARCH 11, 2024

The new clause had an effective date of January 22, 2024. This became a reality in December 2023 when the DoD issued a final rule consolidating the four clauses into DFARS 252.245-7005, Management and Reporting of Government Property.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It contains some important insights for how GAO bid protest numbers have changed from prior years. One important point about the GAO bid protest process: GAO met its 100-day deadline to process a bid protest in all cases. Hearings are not common at GAO, and the rate for 2024 stayed about at the same level.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These leaders support one of the government’s most important missions: securing and defending the nation’s citizens, economy and institutions. National security leaders play key roles in modernizing, protecting and defending the technologies that drive missions on land, sea, air and space.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 21, 2024

APTAC supports the APEX Accelerators by providing important information, professional networking, comprehensive training and a voice in national government contracting assistance. The post Event Announcement: NAPEX Fall Conference 2024 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Hope to see you there!

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 5, 2024

We hope you enjoyed the holiday and are looking forward to what 2024 brings. This week in federal government contracting news saw more insights on the new CMMC regime as well as important trends for 2024. Happy new year! It’s been a pretty mild winter so far, but we expect old man winter will be showing up any day now.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sectors 2024 achievements. Id just like to say thank you very much for everybody’s hard work during 2024.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

Baker McKenzies Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2024 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2025s burgeoning issues. Market Watch Unit In the 2024 federal budget , the Government of Canada proposed $10.5

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat hunting is becoming more important than ever for government agencies as federal cybersecurity officials warn of threats that nation-state actors may pose to election systems this year. Evidence emerged last year that state-sponsored hacking groups had even breached agencies.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In keeping with tradition, we are pleased to invite you to our annual Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference. The post 2024 Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference appeared first on Import and Trade Remedies Blog.

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SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Important stories included updates from a recent OIG SBA report, a bill to modernize federal cloud procurement, and the Army seeks to cut contract award times to six months. I just got back from presenting at the 35th Judicial Conference for the United States Court of Federal Claims. Have a great weekend.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 31, 2025

When we launched the campaign in May 2024, we identified a lack of accessible, consolidated data on Olympic-related projects. We hoped to do this for Paris 2024 but it was not to be!]. While an important step forward, the portal still requires improvements to enhance usability, data completeness, and interoperability.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Announced at AWS re:Invent 2024, Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts offers a comprehensive, Partner-managed solution for resilient cloud-connected edge computing that extends the reach of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to the most remote and geographically dispersed environments on earth.

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SmallGovCon

APRIL 2, 2024

In this webinar, John Holtz and I will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2023 and the first part of 2024. Regulatory Updates in Government Contracting hosted by El Paso APEX Accelerators, April 11, 2024, 10:00-11:30am MDT first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Illegal Importation for Reselling Chinese Goods as U.S. Military The post SmallGovCon Week in Review: March 18-22, 2024 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The frequency with which the technologies are used makes proper cybersecurity protocols all the more important — especially given the target on IoT’s metaphorical back. Ten agencies said they were on track to finish their inventory work by the end of fiscal year 2024, while another three plan to meet their inventory requirements by FY25.

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SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Read more : Proposed Increases to Micro-Purchase, Simplified Acquisition, and Other Thresholds On November 29, 2024, the FAR Council (DoD, GSA, and NASA), issued their proposed rule to adjust acquisition-related thresholds for inflation. In summary, the increases proposed are nothing unexpected, but still are important to note.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Learn “What’s Next” After the Election at the 2024 Fall Training Conference, Nov. 20-21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) kickoff the Healthcare Day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference on November 21. Happy Veterans Day!

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 22, 2024

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) kicked off Sunshine Week on March 11 with remarks on the Senate floor about the importance of whistleblowers in promoting transparency and accountability. The post During Sunshine Week 2024, Senator Grassley Sheds Light on Whistleblowers appeared first on Whistleblower Network News.

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FedScoop

APRIL 17, 2024

Karen Dahut, CEO, Google Public Sector With a sizable portion of Next announcements dedicated to AI, Karen Dahut pointed to “all of the work around building a fully integrated enterprise-grade AI stack” as “so important to our public-sector customers.” “And that’s the important part.

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SmallGovCon

JANUARY 19, 2024

This week in federal government contracting saw some important stories, including the one-year anniversary of the SBA takeover of the SDVOSB program and the new defense industrial strategy. I think I speak for everyone when I say that we are ready! We hope that you are staying warm in your neck of the woods.

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Inside Government Contracts

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Following our recent overview of topics to watch in the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2024, available here , we continue our coverage with a “deep dive” into NDAA provisions related to cybersecurity and software security in each of the Senate and House bills.

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SmallGovCon

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news had some important updates, including a new GSA schedule catalog platform, a report on savings in software purchases, and a revamped SBA training program from small businesses. 2, 2024 first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 29, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office issued five noteworthy bid protest decisions in 2024 that will likely have a continuing impact on questions concerning standing, timeliness, corporate transactions and more, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

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Coleman Jackson, P.C.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

9/17/2024 After suffering from an injury due to someone else’s negligence, winning a personal injury settlement can feel like a huge relief. However, it is important to be careful how you use your settlement because […] The post Are Personal Injury Settlements Taxable?

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Source: GAO Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal 2024. Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Of the protests resolved on the merits during fiscal year 2024, our Office sustained 16 percent of those protests. In 2024, GAO heard 346 protests, which is down from 368 in 2023.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For the big federal contracts on the horizon in 2024, not a whole lot is changing when it comes to what the government plans to buy. She joined Federal Drive Deputy Editor Jared Serbu to talk more about the 2024 edition on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Ashley Sanderson is a senior research manager at Deltek.

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Inter-American Development Bank

APRIL 3, 2025

How Compliance Leads to Greater Investment: What the Research Shows Empirical evidence suggests that by adhering to fiscal rules, governments are better positioned to sustain public investment over time, according to a 2024 study by Larch and van der Wielen on European fiscal rule compliance.

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ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 5, 2024

The Potomac Officers Club has selected Bill Nystrom to moderate the “How Important is Network Security in a Zero Trust World?” ” panel discussion at the 2024 Cyber Summit on June 6, 2024.

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WashngtonExec

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The finalists for WashingtonExec’s 2024 Pinnacle Awards were announced Sept. 20, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person Nov. Next is Jessica Maloney, general manager of the civilian division at Sev1Tech, and finalist in the DHS Executive of the Year, Private Company, category.

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GovCon Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

Communications technology advancements are driving forward important innovations and improvements for 5G. The next event is the 2024 But what’s in store for the next generation of 5G connectivity and communications in the defense sector? Panelists at the Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Forum shared their insights last month.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We think if we replace that language with best value, it’s clear, it’s easier to train, it’s easier to explain, and, more important, it’s consistent with the direction Congress has given and consistent with what we’re trying to do with the acquisition system.” This projects to be a $11.5

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WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s so important now, more than ever, to [.] These executives have been driving diversity within their organizations in a post-pandemic world, and amid an increasingly politically and racially divided country.

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GovCon Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Today, cyber is the foundation upon which emerging technologies and innovations are built, and cyber’s importance only continues to grow. On June 6, the Potomac Officers Club will host its 2024 Cyber Summit, bringing together the best and brightest minds in cyber to discuss

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GovSpend

JANUARY 22, 2025

2024: A Year of Milestones and Momentum at GovSpend We began the event with reflections on 2024, a year where we set records for nearly every metric we track – users, product usage, new features released, and new highs for every data metric weve ever tracked. For this reason, I look forward to Gathers every year.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It’s especially important for agencies to be up to date with the latest releases, updates and patches. One easy way to ensure compliance is to use solutions with authorization by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).

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GovSpend

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

State and local governments are required to obligate their ARPA funds by December 31st, 2024. Obligation Deadline: Recipients must obligate SLFRF funds by December 31, 2024. Therefore, vendors and contractors who sell to SLED agencies have a short window of opportunity to pitch products and services that are covered by these funds.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 31, 2024

The National Whistleblower Day event ( available to rewatch on C-SPAN ) highlighted the contributions and sacrifices of whistleblowers and underscored the importance of continuing the deep American tradition of supporting whistleblowers. Our Founding Fathers knew the importance of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.

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