Federal Publications Seminars Podcasts
Everything that is Federal Government Contracting. We inform listeners on the legal, regulatory and compliance challenges in government contracting as well as contract proposals, pricing and changes. With over 60 years of experience and training thousands of government contracting industry professionals, we are the leader in learning and professional development.
Episodes
Since January 2025, over 12,000 grants have been terminated across all agencies. The financial impact of canceled grants to recipients is around $36 Billion.
Though the impact is severe, grant recipients may have some ability to recover costs and reduce the impact to their organization. Join HKA and the law firm Haynes Boone as they discuss remedies to mitigate costs of a grant termination.
In this episode, I talk with Paul Bailey of Capital Edge Consulting about Terminations for Convenience. Within the past 60 days, it is estimated over 3000 federal government contracts have been terminated impacting contractors of all sizes. However, contractors can recoup costs related to the termination and there is a specific process to follow.
In this episode, I sit down with Peter Romness of ISI. He explains how managed service providers work with government contractors to maintain compliance of their data and help safely guard data. I titled this People, Process and Policy as Peter mentions how ISI partners with customers to manage data.
In this episode, Seth Steinman and I talk about CMMC, CUI and email encryption. Preveil is a leading provider to the contracting industry in helping keeping data safe through encryption. They are a leading solution for CMMC, NIST 800-171 and even ITAR data by helping companies keep data secure.
In this episode, I am joined by Matthew Saliman from the law firm Ward & Berry. Matthew has been following all the developments impacting government contracting including the ever important Executive Orders signed by President Trump. One signed on Feb 26th, 2025 is one that will make an impact to the contracting industry. It allows for DOGE to initiate and recommend cost savings across all agencies.
FPS is proud to be partnering with CohnReznick and Unanet to bring the 2025 GAUGE report. This annual report benchmarks key indicators of the federal contracting sector. This year, we are helping spread the word the survey is open. To participate, use this link:
https://www.research-ksr.com/wix/p419385548373.aspx?rt=1&vr=1&vc=1&st=21
In October 2024, the final CMMC rule was published in the CFR and will be in effect 60 days from the published date. After many comments received, this final rule is making all contractors ask a lot of questions. We already knew the three levels of CMMC, NIST Standards, FISMA and FedRAMP compliance, but the question is how will CMMC roll out and what is the cost of compliance? Listen to what the rule says and what can be challe...
In this FPS Podcast Episode, my guests are Britt Biles of Womble Bond Dickinson and Tom Reynolds of HKA and we discuss the CARES Act and how four years after it was enacted, the Federal Government continues to investigate fraud and misappropriations of funds related to it.
CARES Act was meant as an emergency fund for businesses and other entities to allow the continuity of daily business operations to continue during the...
Welcome to FPS Podcast #61. In this episode, I talk with Rex Marks about leadership skills.
Over the past few years, Rex and I have discussed putting together a learning program on leadership for the industry. There is not a single opportunity that combines the uniqueness of the contracting industry with leadership development. In early 2023 we set out to change that. After months of brainstorming, ideation and int...
In this FPS Episode, I have chat with Julie and Chris from our friends at Unanet during the FPS Tampa Weeklong. Unanet is both a partner and a sponsor of FPS and they provide ERP solutions for federal contractors of all sizes. Being around for three decades, they have developed quite a good reputation in the business and continue to keep pace with the ever-changing federal contracting market space.
FPS recently completed a week-long series of courses in Tampa Florida in Mid-March. I had the opportunity to speak with Tom Reynolds of the firm HKA to discuss the topic of False Claims in Federal Contracting. This episode we discuss FCA and recent DOJ activity on False Claims including the $400+ Million settlement by a long time federal contractor. Tom gives the audience some pointers on how to best to protect against FCA alle...
FPS in conjunction with Unanet and CohnReznick proudly bring you information on the 2024 GAUGE Report. This industry leading benchmark report has become a 'must read' and 'must participate' event. In this podcast, I am joined by Christine from CohnReznick and Kim from Unanet to discuss the importance of this ever-important survey and discuss their favorite topics from past GAUGE reports.
If you are...
In this episode, I sit down with Katelyn Rigle, Small Business Outreach Coordinator, Defense Contract Audit Agency to learn more about DCAA's roles and responsibilities in the federal contracting life cycle. She discusses all the different areas DCAA is involved in on behalf of the US Taxpayers to ensure contractors and the federal government are providing and receiving fair and reasonable prices for the goods and services pu...
In this podcast, Jeff White and Randy Shelby discuss the advantages of automating repetitive processes in the procurement of goods and services in the federal contracting marketspace.
In this Podcast, we talk with Susan Manning from Credly to explain the benefits of digital badging. Recently, FPS adopted digital badging using Credly to enhance the customer's experience and provide a way to highlight the accomplishments of hard work and continuing education in the world of Federal Contracting. FPS is proud to offer digital badging and it is free to anyone taking our courses. Find out more about digital ba...
In this episode, I have an opportunity to interview Jeff White and Randy Shelby of JA White & Associates while at the FPS Las Vegas week long conference in September 2023. We discuss a number of things including Randy's background at DCMA and the importance of documentation
In this episode Larry Allen of Allen Federal discusses the recent COFC decision on GSA's Polaris contract. This impacts a multitude of small businesses who spent countless time preparing and submitting proposals to be a part of this multi-faceted contract only to see multiple bid protest arise over the NDAA Section 871 clause and a COFC decision to make GSA re-think the contract. Larry explains what happened and what small b...
In this Podcast, we talk with Christine Williamson of CohnReznick and Kim Koster of Unanet about the 2023 GAUGE Report. This report has been benchmarking the federal contracting industry and every year a new update to the report is released. This year Christine and Kim want your participation. In this podcast they briefly talk about previous years' findings and how to participate for 2023.
To participate, go to: ...
In Episode #51, we talk with Sean Jones of Revolution Payments about how contractors could benefit from level 3 credit card processing. The option has been around for years but not every contractor realizes it. Though some contracts require level 3, others do not, yet contractors can still take advantage of the savings. Sean explains the history of level 3 and its savings.
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