SmallGovCon Week in Review: December 1-5, 2025

Happy Friday and happy December! We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with friends and family. We all enjoyed our Thanksgiving break and it left us energized for winter and the holiday season. The holiday lights are up here in downtown Lawrence, Kansas and everything is looking very festive. As we start the final month of the year we hope you can enjoy the sights and sounds of the season. Have a great weekend!

This week in federal government contracting news included updates on the federal workforce and IT and technology specific procurement actions and rules.

• Some DoD civilians are still waiting for back pay weeks after shutdown’s end
• Deep personnel cuts jeopardize Space Force’s ability to implement Hegseth’s acquisition reforms
• DOGE and its long-term counterpart remain, with a full slate of modernization projects underway
• Draft memo details DoD plans to cap most reseller fees
• 3 federal workforce bills to watch in House Oversight Committee markup
• Defense spending will continue to climb as civilian agencies brace for years of cuts, new forecast projects
• DISA releases first draft of comms equipment recompete
• GSA Announces OneGov Agreement with SAP to Accelerate Federal IT Modernization
• FAR: Rescinding Requirements Regarding Federal-Aid Contracts for Appalachian Contracts
• HHS rolls out Claude departmentwide
• Agency software-buying bill advances in the House
• OMB: Ensuring Government Use of Secure Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Supporting United States Producers

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