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While opponents have scored some early victories against the Biden Administrations vaccine mandates for contractors, the GovCon community cant ignore the controversial mandates.

The Pentagon is creating a new position to lead its artificial intelligence efforts across the enterprise.

The Defense Department is beginning to ramp up its scrutiny of procurement fraud and government contractors need to look at their own processes and practices to determine their level of exposure.

After the Defense Department revamped cybersecurity standards for contractors, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program’s accreditation body is making adjustments.

The White House has nominated former Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante to be the Pentagon’s top buyer.

A Professional Services Council (PSC) committee has forecasted potential workforce issues and billions of dollars in lost IT spend as the White House battles legal challenges to enforce a vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

The road to cyber compliance is bumpy and many contractor are bound to fail. Heres why and what you can do to protect your organization.

Federal contractors have until Jan. 4, 2022, to comply now that the White House has extended the deadline into early next year.

After a nine-month review, the Defense Department is replacing its original cyber compliance program for the industrial base with CMMC 2.0, putting more emphasis on self-assessment.

Federal contractors will decide for themselves on how to manage employees who decline COVID-19 vaccinations but agencies can restrict unvaccinated workers from federal facilities.