A July 20 executive order directs federal agencies to expand domestic acquisition of critical defense materials, but its effects on contracts and production remain unsettled.
The Mississippi Army National Guard’s Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center has suspended its solicitation for a Security Forces CCTV System while it reviews updated Department of the Army policy.
A July 20 executive order will make Defense Department waivers for covered foreign materials harder to obtain beginning January 1, 2027.
First FAR overhaul proposals were published June 23 and are open for comment through July 23, 2026. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf))
United States Federal Watchdogs and Public Spending – GAO says cloud buying at 24 selected federal agencies is still hampered by weak cost data, outdated rules, and split software guidance. ([files.gao.gov](https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-107530/index.html))
United States White House and Federal Power Watch — Late-June reports say OpenAI is limiting GPT-5.6 (Sol) to approved customers and Anthropic gets a “trusted” Mythos 5 release as a classified process ramps toward August.
