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2024 NDAA will Update DFARS to Require Evaluation of Small Business Affiliate Past Performance

SmallGovCon

The 2024 NDAA is directing quite a change in past performance evaluations for offerors in Department of Defense acquisitions. What is unclear from all this is how such a change will be interpreted for entity-owned 8(a) Program participants, such as those owned by Alaska Native Corporations or Native-American entities.

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

FedScoop

CISA partially attributed that drop to an “incoming federal partner” that stopped sharing information due to “unspecified security concerns with transferring information from its current system to AIS.” The agency said it will deliver recommendations from its findings and communicate changes to participants as needed by July 31, 2025.

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Bid Protest Minute: Proving an Organizational Conflict of Interest Exists

GovCon & Trade

According to NASA, the SSA was appointed after the Source Evaluation Board (SEB) was selected, and all participants in the procurement process were reminded of their obligations under the FAR, NFS, and Procurement Integrity Act. This may include the improper disclosure of source selection information.

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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.”

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DHS releases AI chemical safety recommendations, building off voluntary White House pledges

FedScoop

government, the private sector, and academia to make sure that we understand how we try to approach these highly sensitive, high-risk areas of information.” The fact that AI work is spread across agencies can also create different information-sharing and regulatory hurdles.

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IRS: Free online filing program will be available in 2024 for eligible taxpayers in 13 states

FedScoop

Select taxpayers in 13 states will have the option to participate next year in the IRS’s electronic Direct File pilot program, the agency announced Wednesday, marking the latest step in its efforts to simplify filing season. Information-gathering from the pilot will inform the “future direction” of Direct File, Werfel added.

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Challenging CPARS Performance Evaluations through the Contract Disputes Act

Fox Rothschild: Government Contracts

For federal contractors, it is not an exaggeration to say that performance evaluations are the lifeblood of the business. A less-than-satisfactory evaluation in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) affects far more than just the agency’s assessment of performance on a particular project.