In this month’s Essential GovCon Brief, Patrick Burns and Meredith Thielbahr discuss three developments affecting government contractors.
They examine GSA’s increasingly robust cybersecurity requirements emerging through solicitations, the January 7, 2026 Executive Order focused on defense contractor performance and production accountability, and a recent D.C. Circuit decision upholding TSA’s emergency cybersecurity mandate.
Together, these updates reflect the government’s continued emphasis on cybersecurity, operational resilience, and performance oversight in federal procurement.