In category: Networking
Contract Recompete: How to Retain the Incumbent Cleared Workforce You Just Inherited
Key takeaways FAR 52.222-17 and Subpart 22.12 have read [Reserved] since 5 June 2020. The 2021 revival never reached the FAR, but the order urged agencies to insert the clause anyway. Read your own solicitation. What survived is a pay floor, not a hiring duty, and it stops at n… more
Surviving an OFCCP Audit: The Recruitment Records You Must Be Able to Produce
On July 16, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget approved OFCCP's request to discontinue information collection 1250-0003, which held "the Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (collectively referred to as the 'scheduling letter')." That letter was the en… more
CMMC Assessor Jobs: The New Cleared Role, What It Pays, and How to Qualify
On 13 July 2026 the Department of War suspended the CMMC Phase II requirements due to take effect on 10 November 2026. Phase II would have made a third-party certification assessment a condition of contract award, and it was the entire commercial case for the CMMC Certified Asses… more
Labor Category Mapping: Why Your Cleared Req Cannot Pay What the Market Is Asking
Key takeaways On GSA contract 47QSMS26D0052, awarded 18 May 2026, a clearance-flagged Intelligence Research Analyst category gated at a bachelor's plus 8 years carries a year-one ceiling bill rate of $46.51 an hour. Another clearance-flagged category, Intelligence Research Spec… more
SF-86 Section 23: Disclosing Past Drug Use (and What Actually Happens If You Do Not)
Section 23 of the SF-86 is not one question with a seven-year window. It is seven questions, four of which turn on the word EVER, capitalised on the form. Most write-ups quote 23.1's seven-year line and stop.Key takeawaysSection 23 (SF-86, Rev. November 2016) holds seven question… more