FPS is going to be in Brussels on October 28th-30th to discuss US Federal Contracting.  More information can be found at : https://www.fedpubseminars.com/Compliance/Understanding-US-Federal-Government-Contracting-and-Subcontracting-Principles/

Since January 2025, over 12,000 grants have been terminated across all agencies.  The financial impact  of canceled grants to recipients is around $36 Billion.   

Though the impact is severe, grant recipients may have some ability to recover costs and reduce the impact to their organization.  Join HKA and the law firm Haynes Boone as they discuss remedies to mitigate costs of a grant termination. 

In this episode, I talk with Paul Bailey of Capital Edge Consulting about Terminations for Convenience.   Within the past 60 days, it is estimated over 3000 federal government contracts have been terminated impacting contractors of all sizes.   However, contractors can recoup costs related to the termination and there is a specific process to follow.  

In this episode, I sit down with Peter Romness of ISI.  He explains how managed service providers work with government contractors to maintain compliance of their data and help safely guard data.   I titled this People, Process and Policy as Peter mentions how ISI partners with customers to manage data.  

In this episode, Seth Steinman and I talk about CMMC, CUI and email encryption.  Preveil is a leading provider to the contracting industry in helping keeping data safe through encryption.  They are a leading solution for CMMC, NIST 800-171 and even ITAR data by helping companies keep data secure.  

In this episode, I am joined by Matthew Saliman from the law firm Ward & Berry.  Matthew has been following all the developments impacting government contracting including the ever important Executive Orders signed by President Trump.  One signed on Feb 26th, 2025 is one that will make an impact to the contracting industry.   It allows for DOGE to initiate and recommend cost savings across all agencies.  

FPS is proud to be partnering with CohnReznick and Unanet to bring the 2025 GAUGE report.  This annual report benchmarks key indicators of the federal contracting sector.  This year, we are helping spread the word the survey is open.  To participate, use this link:

https://www.research-ksr.com/wix/p419385548373.aspx?rt=1&vr=1&vc=1&st=21

In October 2024, the final CMMC rule was published in the CFR and will be in effect 60 days from the published date.  After many comments received, this final rule is making all contractors ask a lot of questions.  We already knew the three levels of CMMC, NIST Standards, FISMA and FedRAMP compliance, but the question is how will CMMC roll out and what is the cost of compliance?   Listen to what the rule says and what can be challenges to you and your business as a prime, as a sub or as just as a supplier within the supply chain of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). 

In this FPS Podcast Episode, my guests are Britt Biles of Womble Bond Dickinson and Tom Reynolds of HKA and we discuss the CARES Act and how four years after it was enacted, the Federal Government continues to investigate fraud and misappropriations of funds related to it.  

CARES Act was meant as an emergency fund for businesses and other entities to allow the continuity of daily business operations to continue during the peak COVID-19 pandemic.  However,  it also became a money-grab for fraudulent activity.  The Federal Government has been actively investigating organizations for fraud and misappropriations even if the organization followed procedures to acquire the funds.  

Britt and Tom discuss what is the current situation and how to organizations are dealing with the investigations.