Happy Friday! We hope you had a great week and can take time to enjoy your weekend. We’ve been receiving a lot of rain here in the Midwest lately. The rain gauge was completely full and topped out at 4 1/2″ in a 12 hour span of time, this past week. Everything outside is looking beautiful and I’m guessing there will be a lot of lawn mowing going on this weekend.

We’ve included several articles that hopefully provide some good information concerning federal government contracting this week. Enjoy your weekend!

• Murky Laws Keep Contractors Wary of Losses in Next Debt Crisis [BlmLaw]
• President Biden, House Speaker McCarthy Reach Deal on Borrowing Limit [GovConWire]
• DISA’s plan to solve the facility clearance conundrum for small businesses [FedNewsNet]
• Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress [FedNewsNet]
• Agencies launch initiative to better identify minority-owned contractors [NextGov]
• GSA, SBA to Boost Contracting Opportunities for 8(a) Firms via Revised Partnership Agreement [GovConWire]
• What’s in that 99-page debt ceiling deal for contractors? [FedNewsNet]
• Don’t Miss These 3 Key Cyber Contract Opportunities [GovConWire]
• Former chief scientist for GTRI pleads guilty to conspiring to defraud Georgia Tech and the CIA [DoJ]
• GSA and SBA launch initiative to broaden small federal contracting landscape [FedScoop]
• USDA plots departmentwide cloud move with STRATUS contract [FedScoop]
• Agencies launch initiative to better identify minority-owned contractors [FCW]

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