AAR has been named one of the top 200 federal contractors by Bloomberg Government, ranked 93rd on this year’s list, the company reported on Tuesday. With this year’s ranking, AAR has improved over 20 spots, improving from 119th in 2019.
Read More »Final Rule to Enforce 2018 Small Business Runway Extension Act Takes Effect
The Small Businesses Administration implemented on Jan. 6 a final rule to enforce a 2018 law that would increase the period of calculating annual revenue of small businesses in the contract review process from three to five years, Nextgov reported Monday.
Read More »Parsons Ranks #59 on 2019 Bloomberg Government Report
Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) has been named the number 59 federal defense contractor on Bloomberg Government's 2019 BGOV200 report. The study analyzes contractors by value of unclassified contracts awarded by U.S. government agencies in fiscal 2018. Parsons ranked number 76 on the previous report, an increase of 17 spots.
Read More »Report: US Postal Service Made $16B Contract Deals in FY18
The U.S. Postal Service completed $15.9B in contracts in fiscal year 2018, representing the agency’s largest commercial spending period since 2016, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. The figure was nearly $1B higher than the $15B record set in 2017. Spending data was drawn from Bloomberg Government’s latest data on the USPS Contracts Dashboard.
Read More »Clifton Triplett: OPM Faces Cyber Threat from Islamic State Group
Clifton Triplett, senior information technology and cybersecurity adviser at the Office of Personnel Management, has said the Islamic State militant group may potentially orchestrate a cyber attack on OPM’s computer networks, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein writes Triplett said at a Bloomberg Government-hosted webcast that the implementation of access controls could …
Read More »Industry Panel Tackles Risk Tolerance and Acquisition Reform
An April 23 Bloomberg Government panel discussion tackled how the government could become less risk-averse as it seeks a way forward in defense acquisition reform, FCW reported Friday. Sean Lyngaas writes the panelists agreed that “smart risk-taking” is the approach to take if the government can make federal acquisition regulations that …
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