SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 3-7, 2026

Happy Friday to our SmallGovCon readers. We hope you are having a great summer and finding some time to get away with family and friends and enjoy some relaxation. I recently spent a week in Colorado with my family and enjoyed some wonderful views and fresh air courtesy of Rocky Mountain National Park. This is the beginnings of the Colorado River, which runs to Mexico. It’s inspiring to know that such a great river starts from such a small stream.

We hope you have time for some rest and relaxation this weekend. Here’s what’s happening in federal government contracting news, including a new SBA website and how the government can procure faster and with more contractors.

• SBA Celebrates 73rd Anniversary with New SBA.gov; Streamlines Capital and Resources for Small Businesses and Manufacturers
• When technology changes faster than acquisition cycles, government has a problem
• America does not have a procurement problem — it has an access problem
• Senate continuing resolution would delay OMB’s grants rewrite
• Key parts of federal employee performance overhaul ‘non-negotiable,’ OPM says
• DoD seeks authority to directly sell its property to fund infrastructure, Golden Dome
• FedRAMP director put on admin leave after veterans’ hiring preference comments
• Army’s social media exit could hurt small contractors
• Judge throws out DOE’s blanket ‘still interested’ FOIA policy
• DISA seeks industry input on CommandNet migration following GAO protest

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