David Berteau

contracting

If you’re a budget numbers nerd, this is the week to watch

Even as Congress takes up spending bills for a fiscal year already half over, budget watchers are preparing for release of the administration’s 2025 wish list.

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White House breaks the rules on rulemaking for contractors

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Capitol Hill’s so-called budget is only the start of a lot of hard work

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Military Suicides

Five things contractors need to know about the Defense authorization bill

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contracting

Keeping fingers crossed about a potential government shutdown, contractors have a new White House initiative to scrutinize

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If it does get passed, the Defense authorization bill has quite a few surprises

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Contractors ask a defense-procurement commission: Where’s the beef?

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New organization plays matchmaker for innovators, DoD

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Three ways the proposed NDAA could change the way contractors do business

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How regulations not meant for contractors, sometimes end up complicating their business

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Busy federal fourth quarter to bleed into just as crazy first quarter of 2024

Bloomberg Government estimates agencies to have more than $200 billion to spend on acquisition over the final three months of fiscal 2023.

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Debt Limit

What Congress wants Defense to look like in 2024 takes shape

House Armed Services committees at last voted out their bills for 2024 last week. The Senate Armed Services Committee released a statement of intent.

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Biden Debt Limit

What’s in that 99-page debt ceiling deal for contractors?

The debt ceiling bill must traverse a tortured path to become law. Nothing’s guaranteed quite yet. But presuming it becomes law, it will put defense and non-defense spending under caps in place, even with a military pay raise staying in place.

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