VA delays Cerner health record deployment [repost]
By Adam Mazmanian Apr 08, 2020 From FCW The Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying the rollout of its $16 billion health record modernization project so that…
CISA looks to help secure federal telework [repost]
By Derek B. Johnson Apr 08, 2020 Article from FCW The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released new emergency guidance detailing how federal agencies can safely navigate the surge in…
CARES Act Provides Much Needed Relief for Government Contractors [repost]
Maria Panichelli, Michael Richard Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP From JDSUPRA On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). CARES…
GM signs $490M contract under Defense Production Act to build ventilators to fight coronavirus pandemic [repost]
From USA Today General Motors has signed a federal contract worth nearly $490 million to build ventilators amid the coronavirus crisis, the Department of Health and Human…
Helping contractors through coronavirus uncertainty [repost]
During the pandemic, what you though was a sure thing is likely to change overnight. That’s true for federal contractors, who must navigate a twisting path to…
What government contractors need to know about coronavirus-related excusable delays, defenses [repost]
By Jaclyn Jaeger From Compliance Week Government contractors are facing unprecedented performance obstacles these days as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Besides having to navigate evolving (and…
Keeping the federal contracting community going [repost]
With large numbers of federal employees forced into telework, the contractor community has been working with agency leadership and Congress so their companies and customer agencies can…
MTA Survey – COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, we know that small and mid-size businesses and the organizations that support them are being deeply affected. That’s why…
4 medtech companies ink $84m government ventilator contract [repost]
MARCH 31, 2020 BY NANCY CROTTI Article from MassDevice The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) signed an $84.4 million contract over the weekend with four medtech companies to produce…
Wartime Production Law Has Been Used Routinely, but Not With Coronavirus [repost]
Article from The New York Times By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Ana Swanson WASHINGTON — Chemicals used to construct military missiles. Materials needed to build drones. Body armor for agents patrolling…