SmallGovCon Week in Review: May 11-15, 2026

Happy Friday. It’s end of school time in many parts of the country, as students move on a grade or graduate from college. College graduation is a big deal in a college town like ours. Congratulations to all the graduates. And speaking of changes, the federal government contracting world certainly hasn’t slowed down this week. Stories included the large proposed defense budget along with efforts at saving taxpayer money in the defense budget and elsewhere in the federal government.

• DoD civilian workforce losses strain military installation operations
• Army Corps of Engineers faces high attrition over plans to relocate NYC office
• Trump’s staggering defense budget could weaken bipartisan NDAA support
• GAO IDs up to $251 billion in cost savings across agencies
• Burchett Announces Roundtable on Saving Taxpayers Money with Military Contracts
• Tribal-owned firms want answers about state of 8(a) program
• Everything you know about contracting has changed
• GAO: 2026 Annual Report: Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation and Achieve an Additional One Hundred Billion Dollars or More in Future Financial Benefits
• New Cyber Strategy Shows White House Getting Serious on Enforcement, Says Capgemini Exec
• CBO estimates Golden Dome could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years
• OMB plans to make IT contract data collection public, per federal CIO
• DoD launches a departmentwide review of the military legal system

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