Federal News Network

MARCH 26, 2025

To celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2025, we’re spotlighting 25 pivotal moments that reshaped the way the government operates. At the Small Business Administration, BICs account for 45.6% Governmentwide, agencies avoided $16.7 billion in costs through category management in fiscal 2024, nearly 29% above their goal for the year.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 5, 2024

Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration’s 2025 wish list. With all the votes in the president’s budget. So, there’s really a lot of interest in what’s in this FY 25 budget.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Working with the Ukrainian government, especially the Ministry and Agency for Restoration as well as our friends in the RISE Ukraine Coalition , we were delighted to unveil the demo version of a Digital Reconstruction Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) in June, to lead on making the reconstruction digitally coordinated and accountable.

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GovSpend

JUNE 20, 2024

Were you aware that in FY 23, a substantial $6.23B, accounting for 8% of total federal contracts, was allocated to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIRs) and Small Business Technology Transfers (STTRs), benefiting 3,230 businesses ? to the SBIR program if their extramural research and development budgets exceed $100M.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Join us at the Fall Training Conference, Nov 20 – 21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

20-21 The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market? is less than one month away!

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 14, 2024

Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Navy ePS program is on track, on budget and hitting all of its milestones, and since the report came out, they’ve onboarded yet another tranche of users and migrated $1.6 million increase, for fiscal 2025. Lawmakers and the Government Accountability Office also highlighted concerns about the program. Navy requests $15.6M

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Import and Trade Remedies

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Since the Spring Budget 2023, the government has reviewed the authorisation application forms and commenced the co-design process of a Modernising Authorisations policy with industry partners. Going forward, guarantees will not be required from approved traders for duty deferment accounts below £30,000 (tripling from £10,000).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Coalition invites you to register for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond. What’s next for the budget and Federal market?

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes the expansion to additional providers for the General Services Administration’s Commercial Platforms Initiative in 2023, the OASIS+ program coming online in 2024 and a significant scope increase for the already rapidly growing NASA SEWP program in 2025.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Prepare for 2025: Post-Election Federal Procurement Insights at the Fall Training Conference The 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Attendees will gain insights into policy shifts, the budget outlook, and the overall procurement state of play in 2025 and beyond.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Register for the Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition invites you to register for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! What’s next for the budget and Federal market? What’s next for GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Announcing the Governmentwide Agenda for the Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition is thrilled to unveil the agenda for the governmentwide day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! Click here to register. Click here to register. Click here to register.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

Section 811 requires development and implementation of a streamlined requirements development process, to improve alignment with modern technologies and reduce time to deliver capabilities, by October 1, 2025. Cost Accounting Section 802 amends 10 U.S.C.

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FedScoop

MARCH 14, 2024

This report and the president’s budget both remind us of the tremendous strengths that we have here in America with our R&D capabilities, and they also start us on this important path to the work ahead.” workforce, and 19% of all STEM workers were born abroad, per the report.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Fall Training Conference: “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The theme of this year’s two-day conference will be “ 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ” and will explore the future of the Federal procurement system after the Presidential election.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 3, 2024

The NRC's IT budget for 2024 is $170 million and the agency requested $190 million for 2025. ( Pandemic lessons agencies can use to protect programs from fraud - Pandemic Response Accountability Committee) The Federal Housing Administration is the latest agency to issue cybersecurity reporting rules.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Announcing the Healthcare Agenda for the Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? The Coalition for Government Procurement is excited to share the draft agenda for the healthcare-focused day of our 2024 Fall Training Conference, The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? ! James Peake , M.D.,

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 27, 2024

You know, if you go to the General Government Accountability Office, then you get a 100-day resolution window, and often things are disposed of much more quickly. And we’re going to have to see what 2025 brings for these contracts. Larry Allen Right, only months versus years.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In 2024, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agencies and states with Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES) faced increasing fraud, particularly through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) skimming and account takeovers. Agencies impacted by these types of fraud reported losing an average of $4.48 for every $1 of benefits lost.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement is pleased to announce that multiple sponsorship packages are available for the 2024 Fall Training Conference – 2025 Market Outlook: What’s Next? Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing the final regulations, with release expected before the end of the year. 26, 2023, and the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 29, 2024

This symposium is an excellent opportunity for contracts and compliance professionals, Federal account executives, and other professionals to stay informed and ensure their organizations are prepared for current and future cybersecurity requirements from their Federal customers. 1] The Government Accountability Office denied the protest.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Additionally, many of summer 2024’s consultations foreshadow changes that we expect will impact trade compliance into 2025. We are in the midst of a cutover period (October 5 to 21), during which imported goods will continue to be released, but accounting activities and the CARM Client Portal will be unavailable.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

have adequate accounting systems) Management & Advisory Services 829 115 Technical & Engineering Services 816 119 Intelligence Services 241 35 Research & Development Services 219 53 Logistics Services 160 31 Facilities Services 141 0 Environmental Services 87 8 A complete listing of all companies selected for award is posted on SAM.gov.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Department of the Navy is putting its contractors on notice to deliver ships, aircraft and submarines on time and on budget. I think that in 2024 and 2025, we're going to pilot various ways of what this can look like," said OPM Deputy Associate Director for FEBs Kelly DeGraff. Mace is holding a hearing on February 29. (

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Department of Energy said legacy methods of storing data, such as warehouses and databases, are outdated and weren’t designed to account for AI. “As The administration currently has aspirations to hire 500 AI and AI-enabling workers by 2025. In the case of the U.S. ” The Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. AWS will review DTO fee waiver requests at the account level. Customers don’t need to close their accounts or change their relationship with AWS.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Technology and innovation leaders from the Office of Management and Budget, the Federal Reserve, the Department of State, the U.S. Air Force, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other agencies highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing government operations and services at a federal forum on November 1.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Final awards would then be issued in January 2025. GAO Dismisses Protests for GSA’s Polaris Vehicle Washington Technology reports that after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed two protests on February 5, the General Services Administration (GSA) can move forward with making awards for its Polaris contract vehicle.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The President is set to release his 2025 budget request on March 11, which usually kicks off appropriations negotiations for the next fiscal year. Foreign Reseller is defined as a foreign person who has established an IaaS account to provide the IaaS product subsequently, in whole or in part, to a third party. If the U.S.

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Federal News Network

AUGUST 22, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office detailed Treasury and 22 other civilian agencies' actions across six topics and 12 common themes to fulfill the law's requirements. Auditors also analyzed the Office of Management and Budget's guidance and oversight of the legislation.

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Capital Edge Consulting

MARCH 21, 2025

Capital Edge Tip Line March 20, 2025 Navigating Government Contracting Updates with Chad Braley Government contracting continues to evolve rapidly, marked by significant policy shifts, budget changes, and heightened scrutiny of contractor spending. Whats happening? USAID Foreign Aid Overhaul Program and Personnel Changes. Need Help?

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 25, 2023

His proposed schedule also recommends beginning consideration of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations as early as May to pass all 12 bills before August 2024. Finally, the Committee contemplated adjustments in contracting to account for the infrastructure needed for continuous AI model training.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

Last weeks FAR & Beyond identified procurement reform as one of five procurement themes that will shape the federal acquisition marketplace in 2025 and beyond. The interim final rule, which became effective on January 13, 2025, builds on previous regulations that protect U.S. Comments on the proposed rule are due by March 17, 2025.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in this week’s Fall Training Conference – The 2025 Federal Market: What’s Next? Your participation played a key role in fortifying the partnership between industry and the Federal Government.

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