SmallGovCon Week in Review: March 16-20, 2026
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Happy Friday! Well, March Madness is off to an exciting start! Here at SmallGovCon, we have our brackets locked in and are having a lot of fun talking basketball. If you have a dog in the hunt, we hope you are enjoying the hopeful journey to the championship along with us. There’s nothing quite like this time of year—the buzzer-beaters, the unexpected upsets, and the camaraderie of cheering on your favorite picks. Whether you’re tracking every game or just in it for the fun, we hope you have a wonderful weekend and an absolutely “mad” March!
Turning to recent federal government contracting news, the NCAA tournament teams are clearly not the only ones applying some full court press right now. As you can see from this week’s articles, the federal government also continues to apply pressure in implementing its recent efficiency and consolidation-based initiatives. This includes: new HR services sharing from the OPM, seeking to streamline agencies’ back-office capabilities; new GSA goals to use acquisition as “a primary lever for Section 508 compliance”; the Army’s consolidation of its 120 Anduril contracts together into a single (potentially $20 billion) enterprise agreement; AI’s continued journey into various aspects of our federal procurement system; even some insight into DOGE itself, as well as its early days of pressure campaigns; and so much more. So, buckle up for some March Madness both on and off the basketball court!
- OPM launches new HR shared service center for agencies
- Section 508 report eyes acquisition ‘lever’
- Army, Anduril enter into new $20B enterprise agreement
- AI is now a competitive edge in federal capture and small firms need to adjust fast
- GovCon Opportunities at DOE—Everything You Need to Know
- Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office
- From Strait of Hormuz to factory floor, Iran conflict reshaping contract work
- Inside DOGE’s early days of pressure campaigns, rule breaking and ‘chaos’
- Mullin to revoke Noem’s $100K review policy
- GSA, NIST team up to evaluate AI before agency deployments
- House passes 5-year reauthorization to fund small business tech programs
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