Small Business News
- A Glitch In Time? GAO Denies Late Proposal Protest for Lack of Systemic Outages with Agency System December 26, 2024Both GAO and the federal agencies take proposal deadlines with the utmost seriousness. We have discussed a few other examples of late proposals being denied by GAO before. Now, we have another one. This time, the protester put forth the argument that its lateness was not its fault. Rather, it was caused by issues with […]John Holtz
- Happy Holidays to All, Big and Small, from SmallGovCon! December 24, 2024Happy Holidays from all of us at SmallGovCon. Throughout the year, we’ve enjoyed bringing you the best updates and analysis out there for small business federal contractors and their partners. We wish all of you a great end to 2024 and have a great holiday season! The post Happy Holidays to All, Big and Small, […]Shane McCall
- Strategies for Dealing with a Government Shutdown December 20, 2024Shuttering of the government (or parts of the government) following appropriations lapses has become an increasingly common phenomenon in recent times. Continuing resolutions have become a recurring stopgap measure. Funding lapses interrupt the usual predictability of government operations, which harms both agencies and federal contractors that are left in limbo with stop work orders. Unfortunately, […]Nicole Pottroff
- SmallGovCon Week in Review: December 16-20, 2024 December 20, 2024Hello, blog readers! Well, everyone is on pins and needles to see if the federal government will face a shut down. As you may have heard, the House rejected the proposed government funding, so now we wait to see if the third proposal will be agreed upon today to keep things going. Stay tuned! In […]Shane McCall
Government Acquisition News
- What federal employees need to know about 2025 benefits changes December 19, 2024What federal employees and retirees need to know about 2025 benefits changes.Korie Wilkins
- Looming government shutdown could hurt military families, veterans December 19, 2024Plans to avert a partial government shutdown starting this weekend appeared scuttled after President-elect Donald Trump opposed the bipartisan deal.Leo Shane III, Karen Jowers
- Some Tricare beneficiaries will change regions by ZIP code in 2025 December 8, 2024Beneficiaries in these four states will switch to — or stay in — a different Tricare region than the rest of their state come the new year.Karen Jowers
- Open season deadlines loom for Tricare, dental and child care accounts December 6, 2024Tricare open season ends Dec. 10. Federal benefits open season, including enrolling in military child care flexible spending accounts, ends Dec. 9.Karen Jowers