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Embed from Getty Images The major news in the federal contracting sphere this week—and it has been a busy news week—came when it was announced that President Donald Trump’s administration had frozen all contracting activity at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That doesn’t...

PSC Calls on EPA to Resume Contracting Activity The Professional Services Council (PSC), a large trade association for federal contractors, has written to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Acting Administrator Catherine McCabe, seeking a rollback of the halt to all EPA contracting...

PSC Calls on EPA to Resume Contracting Activity The Professional Services Council (PSC), a large trade association for federal contractors, has written to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Acting Administrator Catherine McCabe, seeking a rollback of the halt to all EPA contracting...

Department of Labor Sues Oracle The Department of Labor has sued Oracle over what it calls discriminatory pay and hiring practices. According to TechCrunch, the suit alleges Oracle has a “systemic practice” of paying white men more than women, African-American and Asian workers in similar...

Department of Labor Sues Oracle The Department of Labor has sued Oracle over what it calls discriminatory pay and hiring practices. According to TechCrunch, the suit alleges Oracle has a “systemic practice” of paying white men more than women, African-American and Asian workers in similar...

NDAA Removes DoD Subcontracting Language Forbes notes that Congress removed a controversial provision of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have allowed the Department of Defense (DoD) to count its subcontracts on big weapons programs toward its small business prime...

NDAA Removes DoD Subcontracting Language Forbes notes that Congress removed a controversial provision of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have allowed the Department of Defense (DoD) to count its subcontracts on big weapons programs toward its small business prime...

New Military Plane Goes from Design to Test Flight within a Year Writing at Defense One, Marcus Weisgerber notes that a new airplane designed and built by Boeing and Saab went from the design stage to in the air within a year, “light speed for the defense industry.” “We don’t do that very...

It’s difficult to keep track of all of the news published that impacts the public sector market every day. That’s why the Public Spend Forum Newswire captures and synthesizes the new policies, regulations, thought leadership and legislation that is changing and influencing your job. Here are a...

This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup. We will be bringing you recent public sector stories and information from around Europe’s news portals, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent. This will become part of a future initiative to bring...

FITARA Scorecards Released, DOT Receives F+ Agencies received the third scorecards measuring their Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) implementation, with 12 agencies improving their grades. Only the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) score dropped, from a D to an...

Donald Trump Wants Government to “Cancel Order” on Air Force One President-Elect Donald Trump shone a spotlight on procurement this morning when he tweeted, “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel...