Hope you are having a good week readers, and enjoying some March Madness. While it looks like spring in our neck of the woods, in this part of the country the weather can change quickly. We joke around that we must always have every type of coat or jacket at the ready on any given day. Never a dull moment! Speaking of never a dull moment, the NCAA tournament has started and there certainly have been some great games in the first round! How’s your bracket doing?

We hope you had a great week and are enjoying some nice spring weather as well as some exciting basketball. Here are some happenings from the federal government contracting world this week. Interesting updates include an update on OASIS+ timing and enhancing Whistleblower Protections for DoD contracts. Enjoy your weekend!

• Busted! Is your March Madness bracket breaking government ethics rules?
• GSA’s Tiffany Hixson Offers Advice for New Providers Breaking Into the GovCon World
• Supreme Court rules public officials cannot block critics on social media, even from personal accounts
• GAO Urges DOD to Implement Better Monitoring of Procurement Administrative Lead Time Data
• Contracting Brief: AI Funding Plans Spread Across Budget Request
• GSA Targets Summer for Initial OASIS+ Small Business Awards
• Senators Coons, Kennedy introduce bill to help small businesses compete for federal contracts
• Women’s History Month 2024: Celebrating a vital business force
• US Department of Labor Nearly $200K for Workers Underpaid by Massachusetts Subcontractor at Rhode Island Worksite
• Whistleblower Protections in Defense Contracts
• Aventura Technologies, Inc. Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Illegal Importation for Reselling Chinese Goods as U.S.-Made
• Washington State Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Marketing and Selling Low-Quality Ballistic Protective Equipment Produced in China to Dozens of Law Enforcement Agencies and the U.S. Military

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