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A trend to watch – one gaining strength and expected to grow even stronger

State park

Across America, state and local leaders are reimagining how public spaces can serve growing populations, balancing recreation, sustainability, and economic development. From state parks and community sports complexes to multimillion-dollar urban redevelopments, officials are increasingly turning to long-term master plans and voter-approved funding to meet rising demand for accessible, modern public spaces. It’s a growing […]

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These upcoming projects will call for multiple contracting services

Congress

Public officials throughout the U.S. are carefully watching to see what happens when Congress resumes its work after the summer break. All eyes will be on the necessary passage of the 2026 budget bill, which has not yet been adopted even though the federal government’s 2026 fiscal year begins Oct. 1, 2025. All indications point […]

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A new era in federal procurement has launched

Legislation

Federal procurement is getting a major makeover. Big changes have occurred, and more are on the horizon. Companies that sell into the federal marketplace definitely need to carefully monitor what is happening. A couple of months ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) unveiled a sweeping initiative called the OneGov Strategy. Since then, several new enterprise […]

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Nearly $2 billion in funding available but very little time to apply

Money

If you blinked, took a short summer vacation or shifted your focus to another task, you may have missed the announcement that approximately $2 billion in federal funding was just made available. Here’s hoping you didn’t miss the initial announcement because the application timeline is so short it is shocking! Between July 28 and Aug. […]

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New directives, rules, guidelines, and expectations are surfacing in the U.S. government marketplace

View of highway

Things are changing rapidly at the federal level of government from the acceptance of new project delivery models to the consolidation of federal procurement. Here are a few examples and as much as we would all like to proclaim that these actions allow us a glimpse of what to expect, that is simply a stretch […]

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Climate change and weather events create great need for sustainability projects

View of beach

Although the federal government’s fiscal year 2025 ends in September, Congress has not enacted a 2026 budget. Federal agencies are operating under a ‘continuing resolution’ that provides funding for 2025 and the uncertainty of funding for 2026 makes planning very difficult. Public officials at the state and local levels of government hope to see a […]

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Projects continue to be abundant despite massive funding cuts for educational institutions

Interior of classroom

Education funding, previously available to communities and every state for decades, has been drastically reduced. Last month, the White House released a budget that includes educational reductions of more than $4.5 billion in funding for K-12 schools. The overall education budget, however, reduces education funding nationwide by more than $66.7 billion. This represents a staggering […]