Happy Friday Readers. We hope you all have had a great week. We are enjoying some milder winter weather here in Kansas finally. We still have a bit to go before spring, but it feels like it is right around the corner. We will be following our KC chiefs as they look to defend their Super Bowl title!

Enjoy the weekend and we also hope you will enjoy reading the articles below, regarding federal government contracting this week. Some highlights include more on the push to increase small business participation, and new legislation that will have an impact on contractors.

• Ex-CIA officer and WikiLeaks source sentenced to 40 years for largest breach in agency history
• Audit of the U.S. Ability One Commission’s Quality of Products in Support of Meeting Government Requirements
• PF 2024-17 Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple-Award Contracts
• Senate Panel Advances Bills on Contracting, Cyber Competition, Other Matters
• FACT SHEET: The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Advances Equity and Opportunity for Black Americans and Communities Across the Country
• Data privacy is a full-time job at OPM. It’ll only get busier in the AI age
• Hit by OPM’s data breach? Bill offers feds free ID protection for life
• Contracting Orders legislation passes out of House Small Business Committee
• White House breaks the rules on rulemaking for contractors
• Chairman Williams: “Under the Microscope: Reviewing the SBA’s Small Business Size Standards”
• Space VCs urge startups to pursue government contracts but stay focused on commercial success
• The promise and peril of AI for federal contractors
• Study: Women-owned firms generate nearly 6,500 jobs
• Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
• General Services Administration celebrates $62.4 million award for improvements at Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

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