SmallGovCon Week in Review: July 28-August 1, 2025

Happy Friday! And happy August! The cool Fall weather is slowly, but steadily making its way to the Midwest. Let us tell ya’, we at SmallGovCon are quite excited for more double-digit temperatures (as 100+ degrees is nothing rare for a summer in Kansas). And as you can see from all the happenings in the federal government contracting world this week, the winds of change sure do affect more than just the weather. Between a bold executive order and the first ever government chief AI officer, Artificial Intelligence sure is continuing its journey deeper into our federal procurement system–with even more haste (and apparently, more certainty) than the promise of sweater-weather in the Midwest. Also, this week: SBA released an important reminder to federal contracting agencies about maintaining fairness and integrity in federal contracting and reporting concerns regarding the same; GSA introduced its new GO.gov federal travel management solution; GovCon experts discuss the recent OMB initiatives encouraging agencies to consolidate and streamline how they buy their goods and services; and oh, so much more. Read all about it in some of our favorite articles of the week.

• OMB Updates Plans on Consolidating Federal Procurement
• GSA Unveils GO.gov: A New Era for Federal Travel Management
• GAO Tells DOE to Improve Budget Estimates for Division Conducting Contract Incurred Cost Audits
• Trump’s order to remove ‘woke’ AI from government may have ‘downstream impacts,’ experts worry
• Pentagon to Expand Cloud Competition Under JWCC Next Contract
• No ‘AI agreement’, no government contracts: ACTU
• White House: REMOVING BARRIERS TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• What happens when the federal government tries to centralize how it buys everything?
• SBA Issues Letter of Warning to Federal Contracting Officers
• The US government has its first federal chief AI officer

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