SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 10-14, 2026

Happy end of week to our SmallGovCon readers. Hard to believe, but it’s halfway through August. The heat has been unrelenting, but it has to break soon, right. Arounder here, kids are heading back to school and our college town is buzzing with activity. The school year always brings a new level of energy after the slower pace of summer. It’s one of those times of year that reminds us just how special it is to live in a college town. We hope you are looking forward to a great weekend.

This week in federal government contracting saw stories about increased production of key systems, continued funding of the government, and updates on various large contracts.

• Pentagon Asks Defense Firms to Boost Production of Key Systems
• Senate OKs Continuing Resolution to Fund Government Through Dec. 11
• DOGE said it saved $1.7 billion by terminating a military health IT contract. GAO found the contract was never terminated.
• Defense leaders aren’t short on new technology. They’re trying to figure out what it takes to field it
• OneGov AI deals are ending, but behavioral dependency might lock in federal workers
• Warren, Lee Publish New Bipartisan Analysis Revealing Progress on Limiting Defense Contractor Stock Buybacks, Urge Pentagon to Support Codifying Reforms in Law
• DHS wraps up Oracle’s Cumulus cloud contract
• Federal Register: Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
•  Pentagon wants to spend millions on Palantir with few details
• OPM spent the past year helping reshape the federal workforce, a new GAO report looks inside OPM itself
• $10B VA-Oracle EHRM contract will soon run out of funds and time, documents show

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