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The government is changing some key rules that shape the federal contracting marketplace

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By: Terry Gerton

1 September 2026 at 16:01

"I can't see a lot of commercial companies agreeing to give all of their cost and pricing data to the government," said Stephanie Kostro.

A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Small Business Administration, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Rules about funding and cybersecurity can shape the defense market as surely as contracts do

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By: Terry Gerton

18 August 2026 at 16:46

"We are in a messy middle situation, where they don't have funding certainty, but they also don't have regulatory certainty," said Stephanie Kostro.

Close-up of hands typing on a laptop with glowing programming code and binary graphics, symbolizing cybersecurity technology coding or software development.