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This week in federal Government contracting news include a plan to fund the government (hear that one before?), AI and its effect on government, and new GSA acquisitions.

• The healing power of dogs for vets
• The misguided attacks on the 8(a) program must end
• Meetings: Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development
• Local veteran to speak at the US Senate about veteran-owned small businesses
• Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board
• How the New AI Executive Order Will Impact Government’s AI Landscape
• COMET recompete, Polaris protests keep acquisition exciting in early fiscal 2024
• This New Senate Bill Will Give Veterans a Break on Some SBA Loans
• Getting better deals for the government
• GovCon M&A Deals ‘Rebounding’ After Slow Period—Dispatch from 2023 Baird Conference
• House Approves Bill to Keep Government Funded Past Saturday
• Ernst Works to Meet Needs of Veteran Entrepreneurs

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