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GovCon Compliance

Section 889 Reasonable-Inquiry Tech Evidence: SBOM, Asset Inventory, Procurement Controls, and Network Telemetry

Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 imposes a certification requirement on every prime contractor: certify, on the basis of a reasonable inquiry, that the entity does...

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GovCon Compliance

FAR 2.0 Overhaul: What Government Contractors Must Change Before June 2026

The threshold that defined cost or pricing data obligations for federal contractors since 1987 was $2 million. Effective June 30, 2026, that number becomes $10 million. A 400% increase in a single rulemaking cycle. For...

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GovCon Compliance

SAM.gov Registration Guide 2026: Step-by-Step for New Government Contractors

The email arrived on a Tuesday afternoon. A federal contracting opportunity worth $340,000, perfect fit for the work the business had been doing for three years. The owner spent a weekend drafting the proposal, assembled...

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The Authority Brief

One compliance analysis per week from Josef Kamara, CPA, CISSP, CISA. Federal and private compliance, written for practitioners.