CMMC Rev 3 Compliance in 2026: What Defense Contractors Must Know Before It’s Too Late
If you hold a DoD contract or want one, your cybersecurity posture is now a legal requirement, not a checkbox to exercise. CMMC Rev 3 compliance is live. The phased rollout is already in motion, and November 2026 is the date most contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) will stop being able to self-certify. After that, you’ll need a third-party […]
Federal Contractor Alert: 9 GovCon Changes in 2025-2026 You Cannot Afford to Ignore
If you’re a federal contractor right now, prime or sub, large or small, 8(a), SDVOSB, WOSB – 2025 was not a routine year. The procurement landscape didn’t just shift. It got rebuilt. And the pace hasn’t slowed going into 2026. This isn’t a policy memo. It’s a working checklist of some of the developments that are actively affecting how contractors bid, […]
The Funding Is Back. The Real Bottleneck Isn’t Contracts – It’s Cleared Talent.
After 76 days of budget uncertainty, the freeze has lifted. DHS is funded through September. ICE and CBP now have a combined $70 billion modernization runway. Contracting officers are moving fast, and agencies that had programs on hold are restarting them simultaneously. For a lot of contractors, this feels like the moment they’ve been waiting for. Proposals that stalled are back in play. […]