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Small-business government contracting updates and analysis from legal, regulatory, and data perspectives. I spent 20 years writing contract regulations for the government. Now I help small business owners understand the fine print.
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English
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34 episodes
since July 17, 2025
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In a livestream, I answered the two questions I get most about SBA’s proposal on size standards: Why is SBA doing this? And when might it happen? I also broke down how SBA could leave just 360 small businesses left in Federal contracting.
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David Timm is watching AI change Federal contracting, both at agencies and with contractors themselves, and he’s worried about where this will lead. The Burr & Forman lawyer specializes in bid protests, where AI has created huge problems for GAO and the Court of Federal Claims. He’s also tracke…
I had a feeling this was coming: When the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul first came out, the process that the FAR Council used looked every bit as revolutionary—and ultimately even more so—than the FAR itself. Now, Marcos Gonzalez of GovSpring Legal, a small law firm in D.C., is suing on behalf of a co…
SBA published proposed size standards that raise small-business limits by 15x in some important industries. As I explained in my live stream earlier, the across-the-board increases flow from SBA’s interpretation of the “dominance” provision in the Small Business Act. SBA explains that, for $20 bill…
Karri Palmetier is a legal expert on one of the fastest evolving subjects in government contracting: domestic-sourcing requirements. She joined me after her well-attended session at NCMA World Congress in Orlando, and we started our discussion with a new Executive Order. The Order prioritizes domes…
Meghan Leemon and I caught up after her excellent presentation on joint ventures at the National HUBZone Conference in Virginia. Meghan, who practices out of PilieroMazza’s Colorado office, was involved in one of the most important joint-venture cases in years. She also had a fascinating tip on how…
Erin Estevez has a warning for Defense contractors—if you think you’re in the clear because of the CMMC Phase 2 pause, you may not be ready for what’s next. A new compliance regime is right around the corner. And the soon-to-be-required disclosures on Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI…
David Mullis has been analyzing the FAR Overhaul from a small-business perspective for well over a year now. So when the FAR Council published its first batches of proposed rules last week, the former SBA Advocacy assistant chief counsel and current regulatory consultant at Gov Contract Pros was my…
Lizzie Sullivan has been pushing the Rule of Two through Congress for years now, and this year is the best shot to get that vital rule for small businesses into statutory law, she says. But opposition from an unexpected source has popped up.
Sullivan, the president of Madison Services Group, joined…
In this live stream, I analyzed the newly pre-published SBA’s proposed rule that changes the social-disadvantage eligibility criteria for the 8(a) program. Viewers had questions on the proposed rule. We also covered the little-discussed DoW Small Business Bill of Rights, a recent reorganization of …
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