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In this episode, Jeff White and Stephen Hall layout the challenges and a solution to flowing down clauses within the federal contracting space. If you manage subcontractors or maybe even a subcontractor yourself, you may understand what federal contracting clauses flow down and what version of the clause you have in the contract in order to comply and perform under that contract. This can be messy…
In late July, Luis Avila Managing Director of BDO's Technology and Transformation Division spoke with me at our 2026 GovCon Week held annually on Hilton Head Island. The topic was transformation. How do organizations, handle transformation? Whether it is a enterprise-wide software or a complete overhaul of work functions. Implementing change is hard. It takes the understanding of who leads, who…
In this episode, I have a great discussion with Aaron Jackson of the law firm Ward & Berry. He shows a lot of excitement of the two topics we cover, Economic Sanctions and Tariffs, which leads us into the recent SCOTUS decision on the Trump Administration's use of IEEPA as a tool to impose tariffs without congressional approval.
By FAR - the most significant changes to streamlining Federal Procurement since FASA and FARA of the 1990s. Paul Bailey of Capital Edge Consulting explains these changes and potential impact to the industry. Signed into law in December 2025, the NDAA 2026 give sweeping changes that, to some analysts say, puts 90% of DIB entities in a position not to comply with as much regulatory burden. Changes…
Cara Wulf a partner at McCarter & English joins me to discuss two FAR Parts impacting future government contract awards. FAR 12 is all about commercial products and services while FAR 15 covers contract negotiations. With the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, the goal is to make it easier, transparent and efficient to do business with US Federal Agencies. Understanding the changes in 12 and 15 and what…
In this episode, Eric Crusius, a partner in the government contracting group of Hunton, Andrews Kurth, LLP, discusses the latest changes and updates related to this historic FAR overhaul. Though not yet full implemented, the traditional process of: proposed changes and updates a commentary period open to the public a revision period a release date an effective date of the rule Has been changed.…
Winning Performing and Complying. Three intertwined areas when your business enters into a contract with the federal government. This is the government contract lifecycle in a nut shell. It is the 3 legs of a stool and without one leg, the stool is broken. In this episode we invite you to the FPS Win, Perform and Comply Roundtable in Arlington Virginia on March 18th. In this half day afternoon…
In this Episode, Sarah and I discuss the evolving gov con industry and how those changes impact the way we learn. We also talk about how the industry leader in training is evolving with the industry and the needs of our customers.
On September 10th, 2025 the "CMMC Final Rule" was published in CFR48. After about seven years of starts and stops, determining Level classifications, the number of controls and compliance needed, CMMC certification is now set to be in certain DOD contracts starting November 10th. Cost of compliance has varied greatly, but when dealing with FCI and CUI data, this certification will protect that…