It’s Friday and time for another week in review, on this last day of January. We are so excited that our Kansas City Chiefs will be playing, once again, in the Super Bowl. We’re looking forward to the championship game against an impressive Philadelphia Eagles team, and a chance for the Chiefs to become the first team in NFL history to win three in a row. It should be a fun game.

And now we turn from football to this week in federal government contracting news, there is news of many executive orders, fundings freezes, and turnover of inspector generals. And when we say orders, freezes, and turnovers, we’re not talking about getting the snacks ready for next Sunday.

• Inspectors general may be fired, but that’s not the end of the story
• Breakneck pace of executive orders and lagging, unclear guidance leave contractors guessing
• Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA
• Confusion over Trump funding freeze continues as court weighs new restraining order
• Virginia Contractor to Pay Over $2.6M to Settle Allegations of Falsely Obtaining Small Business Contracts
• Defense contractor executive pleads guilty to bribery scheme involving $100 million in government contracts
• Small Business Webinar “Do’s and Don’ts of preparing a GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Offer”
• Department of Defense Statement Clarifying Defense Contracting
• Agency contracting goals instruct certain federal agencies in how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses.
• Contracts For Jan. 29, 2025
• Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts

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