How inflation is impacting government contracting

Source: Federal News Network

New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are adding to concern that inflation is going to be with us for some time. The impacts to individual pocketbooks are pretty obvious. The impacts to federal agencies and their contractors, though, are a bit more complex. To talk more about how inflation has impacted the contracting marketplace and how the government has responded so far, Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Stephanie Kostro, the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council.

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Federal Contractors Could Soon Have to Disentangle Themselves Completely From Russia

Source: GovExec

Lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that would limit the federal government’s contracting with companies that are still operating in Russia amid its war with Ukraine.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, many companies started pulling out of Russia and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced a bill last month that would force federal contractors to do the same.

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USDOT launches connections marketplace platform to help small businesses in government contracting

Source: MASS TRANSIT MAG

The Connections Marketplace (CMP) was launched Feb. 23 by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) with a Buyer Side Chat featuring USDOT’s Federal Railroad Administration.

The CMP will present a new, free platform to help connect small businesses to USDOT procurement officials across all modal administrations.

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