SmallGovCon Week in Review: September 23-27, 2024

Happy Friday and happy fall! We hope you had a productive week and are looking forward to the weekend. The federal government contractors have been quite busy wrapping things up at the end of this fiscal year and preparing for a new one to begin. We hope everything is “falling” into place. Have a great weekend!

This week in federal government contracting news looked at a new CR, cloud procurement requirements, and another push towards category management.

• OPM asks agencies to review 2024 special salary rates
• Army’s demand for GenAI surging, with focus on integration
• GAO Looks Into Agencies’ Compliance With OMB’s Cloud Procurement Requirements
• Congress has a 3-month CR, but it’s not all good news for contractors
• State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes
• FBI raids government IT and cyber contractor Carahsoft
• SAP faces probe in the US over alleged price fixing in government contracts
• Western Global Airlines to pay $84K to resolve gender wage discrimination alleged in federal review
• GAO pushes forward on intelligent automation to improve cybersecurity, CX
• Federal Contractors: Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Performance and Integrity Data
• Virginia-Based Defense Contractor To Pay $2.25 Million Fine for Bribery Conspiracy
• Highway Contractor to Pay $950,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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