FAR Council

A troubling small business trend is getting worse

In the last ten years, the number of small businesses doing business with the government has fallen by a third.

Contracting

Graphic By: Derace Lauderdale

Contractors on edge because of Pentagon’s proposed buying rules

Cybersecurity

The FAR council goes big into proposing new cybersecurity rules

Cybersecurity

Jason Workmaster, Miller and Chevalier

FAR Council finalizes more stringent procurement rules under Buy American Act

Contracting

This pending agency modernizing legislation is a lot less than it seems

IT Modernization

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

FAR Council to implement new rule regarding reverse auctions

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 file photo, an information board for employees' shuttle bus is on display near the Huawei office building at its research and development centre in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province. The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company’s biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network systems over data security concerns. Some European governments and telecom companies are following the U.S.’s lead in questioning whether using Huawei for vital infrastructure for mobile networks could leave them exposed to snooping by the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)

Industry groups say Trump administration miscalculated burden of Huawei, ZTE ban

Reporter's Notebook

Business partnership communication and the concept of cooperation and communicate to achieve an agreement with 3D illiustration elements.

Industry asks for delay in fair pay, safe workplace rule implementation

The Coalition of Defense and Space Industry Associations, which includes six large industry groups, wrote to the FAR Council asking for the final rule…

Contracts/Awards

Trey Hodgkins: Contract groups ask for conflict of interest rule to be delayed

Six federal contractors trade associations have signed a letter asking that a rule on organizational conflict of interest be delayed a little longer. The…

Federal Drive

Major change proposed to how agencies track vendors

Acquisition Policy

The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council issued a proposed rule asking for input on how to move the government away from using the proprietary standard or number for uniquely identifying entities receiving federal awards provided for decades by Dun & Bradstreet.