Happy Friday! July sure is flying by! We’ve been very busy here at SmallGovCon with all that is happening in the federal government contracting world. We have included an extensive list of informative articles for this week in review.

At the top of our week in review articles, SmallGovCon contributor Nicole Pottroff was quoted in a touching Washington Post story that we have included this week, concerning the SBA’s 8(a) Program social disadvantage narrative requirements. Enjoy your weekend!

• He never saw himself as disadvantaged. Then the government had him write an essay.
• General Services Administration and Department of Defense seek record-setting federal purchases of clean electricity
• Maybe the micro purchase threshold is a little too micro
• GOP lawmakers demand SBA postpone IT upgrades amid year-end contract spending surge
• Why a federal court sunk a raft of construction industry rules from the Labor Department
• Election uncertainty doesn’t slow an ambitious regulation agenda
• Immersive Program Arms DOD, Builds Acquisition Professionals’ Innovation Skills
• DoD preparing to recompete contract for Advana
• Understanding Native-entity enterprises’ subcontracting relationships
• Tribal Consultation for HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and
• Potential Reforms under Executive Order 14112
• CIO-SP3 contracts extended through April 2025 amid issues with successor
• House Passes Bill Establishing Veteran-Owned Small Business Contract Preference Program
• Why the State Department wants to set up federally-funded research and development centers
• GSA announces new political appointees
• Russian International Money Launderer Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illicitly Procuring Large Quantities of U.S.-Manufactured Dual-Use, Military Grade Microelectronics for Russian Entities

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