Industry-specific injunction is among several requests for additional relief in case that halted the use of presumed racial disadvantage in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program.

The National Academy of Public Administration identifies major concerns including unintegrated IT systems, lack of staff technical knowledge and the continued use of a COBOL-based mainframe system.

Details of the pilot come as the applications backlog attracts further scrutiny from lawmakers.

The ruling follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel on June 29 said it had instructed USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to launch a probe.

FedScoop catches up with USDA at the Adobe Government Forum 2023.

Simchah Suyeyke-Bogin says the agency has halved the 30-page application process in a bid to ensure more farmers have access to funding.

USDA intends to use the procurement to source hyperscale cloud infrastructure services, as well as integration and development services and software-as-a-service.

The agency is also working on a SOC-as-a-Service offering and potentially blue teaming.

He started in the top federal IT leadership role on Monday.