SmallGovCon Week in Review: December 22, 2025 – January 9, 2026

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with time well spent with friends and family, moments of rest, and opportunities to recharge. As we step into a brand new year, we’re excited about what’s ahead and grateful to be back into the swing of sharing insights and updates with you. We took a short pause from our Friday Week in Review over the past few weeks to enjoy the holidays and as a result, today’s edition features more articles than usual. There’s plenty to catch up on, so grab a cup of coffee and take your time exploring the stories and insights we’ve gathered for you. Have a great weekend!

Stories from this week include cybersecurity and AI updates, and what to expect in 2026.

• Five things to watch in cybersecurity for 2026
• CMMC Phase 1 Is Here: What Defense Contractors Must Do Now
• AI-Assisted Acquisitions Demand Data Sharing
• NDAA: Massive expansion of commercial solutions openings and other key takeaways for defense contractors
• How Do New GovCons Stay Compliant From Day One?
• Bipartisan bill seeks to create joint DoD–VA credentialing system
• Congress Reorganizes Key Federal Contracting Laws Under Positive Law Codification
• Overhauling acquisition, production and procurement processes to rebuild the industrial base
• Federal agencies look to performance contracts as energy efficiency aid shrinks
• DISA’s push for acquisition accelerators buoyed by FAR update
• Air Traffic Control Overhaul Heats Up as US Government Awards Contracts
• No slow rolling for defense contractors as 2026 gets started
• Concerns persist over self-reported cyber readiness as DoD overhauls workforce management
• Defense Department unable to pass its annual audit, again
• OPM to hire critic of HR consolidation plan
• FAR: New Procedures for FOIA Requests
• Acquisition more than IT drove the news in 2025
• Agencies Cancel 55 Contracts Worth $863M in Cost-Cutting Effort

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