SmallGovCon Week in Review: Feb 26-March 1, 2024

Hello, blog readers and happy Friday. Can you believe it’s already March? In just a few short weeks, spring will (finally) be here!

We hope that you’re gearing up for a nice weekend. But before you?punch out, let’s take a look at the-week that was. In this edition of the Week in Review, Congress passed a short term spending measure to avoid another government shutdown and a report was released citing that federal employee whistleblower complaints have dropped, and Congress is trying to improve small business contracting methods. You can read more about this and other federal government contracting news in the articles below.

Have a great weekend!

• Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
• Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement
• Sen. Ernst hopeful about fixes to small business contracting
• Federal employee whistleblower complaints to OSC fall by nearly half over 5 years
• US Government Preparing 3 Key Space Contracts for Launch
• GovCon Expert Payam Pourkhomami Ventures Into the New Era of DOD Cybersecurity With the Proposed CMMC 2.0 Rule (Part One)
• DOD, GSA & NASA Release Interim Rule on SDVOSB Certification
• Advice for contractors when the government really, really could shut down
• DOD Fraud Risk Management:
• Enhanced Data Analytics Can Help Manage Fraud Risks
• DoD calls for more contracting flexibilities in 2025 NDAA
• Class Deviation—Prohibition on Required Disclosure of Information Relating toGreenhouse Gas Emissions
• SBA Announces Statutory Increases for Surety Bond Guarantee Program
• How emerging technologies are changing government contracting