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The Pentagon's Market Research Guide Now Tells Buyers How to Use AI
Section 4 of the Department of War's Market Research Guide, Version 2.0, tells buyers how to use AI in market research. It names the five DoW-authorized tools buyers may use, shows them how to prompt a model to summarize RFI responses without adding anything, lists sixteen kinds of AI hallucination and sends buyers to SAM.gov and USAspending.gov to check what the AI says about a contractor. What it means for yours.
Jules MartinGovConDash Is Now in Claude's Connector Directory
GovConDash is listed in the Claude connector directory: connect it from the listing, sign in, and ask Claude about the FAR, a cost principle, a protest or an opportunity, with a link to every source. How to connect, and three prompts to try first, from the 10,106 eCFR sections to 18,258 board, court and GAO decisions.
Jules MartinAre You a Nontraditional Defense Contractor? DCAA Will Now Check.
Section 1826 of the FY2026 NDAA exempts a nontraditional defense contractor from ten requirements, from certified cost or pricing data to FAR Part 31 and the business system clauses. Five class deviations implement seven of them and three still wait, and DCAA's MRD 26-CCLD-010(R) tells auditors to verify the status. What qualifies you, with a quick check you can run on your own company or a teaming partner, and how the status works in other transactions.
Jules MartinDOJ Put Government Contracts on Its Fraud Priority List
On October 1, 2026, the Justice Department's Fraud Division told prosecutors to prioritize fraud schemes involving the public trust or financial integrity of Americans and markets related to procurement, government contracts, and other government functions. What Directive 26-12 asks prosecutors to weigh, and what the 2026 False Claims Act record shows: 39 procurement matters and $788.4 million, led by Perfectus Aluminum Inc. and Related Companies at $549.5 million.
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Counter-UAS Has No Product Code. It Now Has a Buyer: JIATF 401
Counter-UAS has one buyer at the Department of War now: Joint Interagency Task Force 401, whose director can approve up to $50 million per effort. It has awarded ten Domestic Shield IDIQs with $4.15 billion in ceilings. The third Industry Insight: who won, the C-UAS Marketplace, the 210 companies in the counter-drone award record, and the $2,357.2 million the FY2027 request asks for.
Jules MartinLeaving Unallowable Costs in Your Incurred Cost Proposal Can Trigger a Penalty
On May 14, 2026, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals held Raytheon liable for the penalty on expressly unallowable lobbying and merger and acquisition costs, and upheld the refusal to waive it. For 2007 alone, the contracting officer sustained $6,486,337 subject to penalty. The five points a contractor should take from the decision, including how the FAR Overhaul rewrites the waiver test.
Jules MartinVideos
3:37GovConDash Demo: The GovCon Intelligence and Compliance Platform
A walkthrough of GovConDash: regulatory research over the FAR, DFARS and CAS, decision research across the boards and courts, audit readiness, contract opportunities and the agentic workflows that tie them together.
Every Second Counts: The GAO Bid Protest Clock
An explainer on the published filing periods for a GAO bid protest: the 5:30 p.m. Eastern cutoff that decides what day a document was filed, why the ten days are calendar days, the five paths a protest ground can take to its own deadline, the protest window racing the stay window, and the post-filing schedule out to the 100 day decision.
ASBCA Case Brief
Useful Links
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
The complete FAR — the primary regulation governing federal government acquisitions, including cost principles, contract types, and compliance requirements.
Acquisition.govDefense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
The DFARS supplements the FAR with defense-specific acquisition regulations, including DCAA audit requirements and contract cost principles for DoD contracts.
Acquisition.govCost Accounting Standards (CAS)
48 CFR Chapter 99 — Cost Accounting Standards governing the measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to government contracts.
Acquisition.govCAM — Contract Audit Manual
DCAA's authoritative guidance for contract auditors covering audit procedures, cost principles, and policy for all audit areas.
DCAA.milDCAAM 7641.90 — Information for Contractors
Enclosure 7 — Incurred Cost Proposals. DCAA's official guidance to contractors on preparing and submitting incurred cost proposals.
DCAA.mil · PDFDCAA Office Locator
Locate DCAA field audit offices across 300+ locations in the U.S., Europe, and the Pacific using a CAGE code, DUNS code, or Zip code.
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