John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the company is coordinating with other firms in the GovCon industry to extend a provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act that offers reimbursement to contracting personnel who are unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic but kept in a "ready state," Inside Defense reported Thursday.
Read More »Woolpert-Centric Consulting Team Offers Relief Fund Application Support to Local Gov’t Clients
Centric Consulting and Woolpert have partnered to offer management, data and organizational services meant to help local governments apply for coronavirus relief funds.
Read More »LexisNexis’ Kim Sutherland: Identity Proofing Measures Could Help Agencies Protect Relief Funds From Fraudsters
Kim Sutherland, vice president of fraud and identity strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that the federal government must implement an identity theft prevention strategy to combat scammers as they distribute stimulus funds to U.S. businesses and families as part of the $2T Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Read More »Hexagon US Federal’s Chris Bellios: GovCon Firms, Workforce Need Relief Measures During COVID-19 Crisis
Chris Bellios, chief operating officer of Hexagon US Federal, wrote in a commentary published Monday on Federal News Network that the U.S. government should implement several relief measures to mitigate the challenges facing federal contractors and employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »NIST Launches Funding Opportunity for COVID-19 Response Efforts; Wilbur Ross Quoted
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a funding opportunity to back rapid initiatives that will assist U.S. response efforts against COVID-19.
Read More »Contractors Negotiate Arrangements With Intell Agencies to Continue Classified Work During Pandemic
Some contractors working with agencies within the intelligence community are negotiating arrangements with contract officers on a case-by-case basis to continue to perform classified work during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.
Read More »Jerry McGinn: Federal Government Adopting ‘All-of-the-Above’ Approach to Acquisition
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said the federal government is implementing an “all-of-the-above” approach to procurement as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. “They are doing [Other Transaction Authorities], they are doing contract ramping, commercial production, they are doing things like the Defense Production Act, so lots of different efforts,” McGinn said of federal agencies.
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