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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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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