The National Science Foundation is calling for proposals for the Enabling Access to the Semiconductor Chip Ecosystem for Design, Fabrication and Training program, which seeks to establish infrastructure that would support the
MoreThe General Services Administration has issued a legislative proposal that aims to modify language within the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 to reduce the use of the lowest price, technically acceptable method of
MoreThe Biden administration has introduced a four-pronged strategy designed to improve the performance of federal contracts and save the government more than $10 billion annually. The Better Contracting Initiative, or BCI, directs
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The Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions Project Office within the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office – Missiles and Space is soliciting capability statements regarding solutions that companies can offer to address the
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security finalized a new metric for assessing the cybersecurity readiness of prospective contract awardees. The Cybersecurity Readiness Factor resulted from the statistical analysis of the 2023 Cyber Hygiene
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The Department of Energy is inviting external comments on its plan to streamline its procurement rules in order to complement or supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In a notice published Thursday on
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The Biden administration is increasing the threshold of procurement dollars awarded by the government to small, disadvantaged businesses to 13 percent in fiscal year 2024. The Office of Management and Budget on
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The Defense Innovation Unit has finalized its second cohort for the 2023-2024 Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program, which trains acquisition professionals in the Department of Defense on the Other Transaction Authority process for
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NASA, the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration are implementing an interim rule aligning the Federal Acquisition Regulation with the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. The new
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A proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation would reflect policy changes made by the Small Business Administration regarding protest submission requirements for multiple-award contract set-asides and reserves. The Department of Defense,
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