When the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, and Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors—a.k.a. CHIPS—Act were passed, they introduced more than 30 new tax provisions, each one complex, time-sensitive, high-profile and collectively represented about $1.2 trillion in tax credits over the next 10 years. But instead of defaulting to the...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is a fundamental shift in how the Department of Defense approaches supply chain security. Once the 48 CFR rule of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement is amended to add CMMC requirements to DOD contracts, contractors across ...
The Department of Defense has terminated its draft solicitation for the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract, or AAMAC. In a notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov, DOD noted that the AAMAC program is “currently on hold.” Draft RFP for Advancing AI Multiple Award Contract AAMAC is a potential 10-year, $15 billion inde...
When companies face a complex project that seems impossible to achieve, who do they call? Subcontractors! Despite more mergers and acquisitions happening now more than ever, big contractors still need a lot of specialized assistance in getting their contracts done. With several government projects up for grabs, the demand for subcontractors has also...
The Department of Defense has started seeking industry feedback on a draft request for proposal to develop a sustainable Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract, or AAMAC. According to the special notice posted on SAM.gov Wednesday the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract aims to enhance the developm...
The Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 and CIO-SP3 Small Business governmentwide acquisition contracts will now run through April 29, 2025, following an extension announcement from the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center. NITAAC said Monday extending the GWACs would ensure the availa...
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security published a far-reaching strategy setting a direction for future research and development investments. The Innovation, Research and Development Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-2030 identifies eight strategic priority research areas, or SPRAs, for DHS to focus on as it realigns its technologic...
In February, the Department of the Air Force announced a massive reoptimization effort to prepare the Air Force and Space Force to navigate the increasingly complex landscape of great power competition. This plan focuses on four main areas – developing people, generating readiness, projecting power and developing capabilities – and the DAF has ...
Entering the complex world of government contracting can be difficult for new providers. Small businesses face a unique set of challenges when competing against long established, multi-billion dollar enterprises, but the U.S. government has recognized the capabilities these companies have to offer, and agencies are ramping up their efforts to connec...
Today’s national security landscape is incredibly complex. As the Department of Homeland Security evolves to combat the wide array new threats posed by rapidly advancing technologies and extreme climate events, it has adopted a forward thinking approach focused on what DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology Dimitri Kusnezov called “ove...
