Happy Friday everyone! Here in the Midwest we are enjoying some nice spring weather. But along with the beautiful flowers comes the allergies for some folks. In contracting news this week legislators in Washington have been working on bills in an attempt to make it easier for small businesses to work with the government and there is continued movement on cybersecurity for federal contractors. You can read more about that in the articles below as well as other contracting news.

Have a great weekend.

• Former Veterans Affairs Procurement Supervisor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Pocketing Kickbacks
• Readout of Roundtable on Project Labor Agreements for Large Federal Construction Projects
• Breaking Down the DOD’s New Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy
• Accenture Federal Services acquires major federal contractor
• How legislators could make things a little easier for those companies working with the government
• Congressional minority caucuses call for data on government spending on contractors
• Investigating the US Army’s FY2025 Budget Proposal
• Virginia-Based Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Involving Government Contracts Worth More Than $100 Million
• Virginia-Based Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Involving Government Contracts Worth More Than $100 Million
• House Committee on Small Business Unanimously Reports Seven Bipartisan Bills Favorably to the House
• Ensuring Prevailing Wages: A Closer Look at the Davis-Bacon Act
• Former Federal Contract Employee Sentenced to 18 Years for Child Pornography
• US Department of Labor Recovers $34K in Back Wages, Benefits for 9 Workers Misclassified by Subcontractor on Federal Project in District of Columbia

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