By: Craig Stetson, Director, Capital Edge Consulting Final rule issued by the DoD, GSA and NASA July 14, 2016 to amend the FAR to add various improvements related to small business subcontracting. These statutory amendments will affect prime contractor responsibilities on how they deal with subcontractors and [..Read More..]
New Cybersecurity Guidance Regarding Unclassified Information for Government Contractors
If you think the government is only concerned about protecting classified information, you can think again. Recent hacks and breaches have brought on additional executive legislation regarding Controlled Unclassified Information and Improving Critical Infrastructure Security (Executive Order 13556 and 13636 respectively). In response to these [..Read More..]
NIST 800-171 Compliance: The 15 Key Requirements
“Defense contractors routinely process, store and transmit sensitive federal information to assist federal agencies in carrying out their core missions and business operations. Federal information is also shared with state and local governments, universities and independent research organizations. To keep this information secure, Executive Order [..Read More..]
How mobility has become disruptive in the government services space
International Data Corporation (IDC) states in its Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide that enterprise and consumer spending on mobile devices, software, and services will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% from $1.66 trillion in 2015 to $1.85 trillion by 2019. And the [..Read More..]