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OMB Issues Command to Increase Small Business Participation on MACs

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The White House has issued a memorandum that calls for specific procedures for Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts. That executive order established a government-wide goal of awarding at least 15 percent of federal contract spending to small disadvantaged businesses in FY 2025.

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Why most government contractors are feeling confident about 2025

Federal News Network

Because the line has been that small business participation is on the upswing in terms of the percentage of dollars from contracting, but the number of players is shrinking. The post Why most government contractors are feeling confident about 2025 first appeared on Federal News Network. ” Tom Temin And what about small business?

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CISA’s outreach issues hinder threat-sharing service, watchdog says

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This stakeholder only became aware of the information-sharing capability by conducting its own research and contacting CISA directly to become a participant.” That choice was due at least in part to the fact that the agency was working with inaccurate contract information for AIS participants, the watchdog noted.

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Announcing the Generative AI for Geospatial Challenge, which awards $1M in AWS credits to innovators

AWS Public Sector

Award announcements are expected in mid-December, followed by a project development period culminating in April 2025. TGI researchers and collaborators focused on geospatial technologies are especially encouraged to participate.

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DoD begins first long-distance moves under contentious multibillion dollar GHC contract

Federal News Network

For those in industry that have participated in the [current] program, we’re very grateful for their participation. TRANSCOM is asking its existing moving companies to file their rate proposals for next year and plans to announce 2025 rules for the DP3 system soon.

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NSW Department of Education works with AWS to transform tech skills and the digital jobs landscape

AWS Public Sector

The feedback reflected this, with 89 percent of participants recommending the training to fellow educators. Nine out of 10 student participants said they would highly recommend the virtual placement opportunity to others. How are work placement opportunities changing?

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Transforming Government Customer Service with New Technologies

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The administration demonstrated its commitment to these goals with OMB’s fiscal year 2025 budget request. CART (communication access realtime translation) provides instant accessibility for all participants by delivering the spoken word as a realtime stream of text. Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants.