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The SBA fraud crackdown has suspended over 150,000 pandemic-era borrowers, referred $22.2 billion in suspect loans to Treasury, and is now expanding its Palantir AI deployment. Here's what it means for federal contractors, 8(a) firms, and anyone who took a PPP or COVID EIDL loan.
InsightsJul 17, 2026
The Department of War suspended CMMC Phase 2 requirements on July 13, 2026, launching a 60-day review of the program. Here's exactly what's suspended, what's still required (NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, SPRS), and what defense contractors should do during the review.
InsightsJul 15, 2026
DoD's new 'loser pays' bid-protest rule lets contracting officers withhold up to 5% from incumbents who file a GAO protest. Here's what NDAA Section 875 actually says, why it's controversial, and how to make a smart protest decision under it.
InsightsJun 24, 2026
Eight real, anonymized GovCon workflow examples contractors are running on CLEATUS today, from keyword capture and labor pricing to auto proposal drafts and post-award subcontracting outreach, plus the cost-control and document-generation tricks that make them work.
InsightsJun 20, 2026
CLEATUS is now a ChatGPT app for government contractors. Find federal contracts, track competitors, manage your pipeline, and draft proposals without leaving ChatGPT.
InsightsMay 18, 2026
Every major GovCon intelligence platform now markets AI features. But most of what is shipping is search with a chatbot skin. We break down what is real, what is marketing, and what contractors should actually care about.
InsightsMay 10, 2026
Dorsey's intelligent company thesis describes how AI will run the inside of every business. But contractors win or lose on what happens outside. Here's the missing layer, and why CLEATUS fills it.
InsightsApr 29, 2026
What real AI proposal writing for federal, state, and local contracts actually looks like in 2026: planning before drafting, structured bid packages, requirement cross-checking, cited past performance, and agentic editing. A practical guide for contractors evaluating the tools claiming to do it.
InsightsUpdated Apr 26, 2026
Every federal contract award is a signal — someone just got paid to deliver work that almost always needs subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers. Here's the manual process most GovCon BD teams use to generate leads from contract awards, why it breaks down at scale, and how automated workflows are changing the economics of post-award business development.
InsightsApr 24, 2026
26 pre-built GovCon workflow templates inside CLEATUS. Automate opportunity screening, capture planning, monitoring, reporting, and CRM integration in minutes.
InsightsApr 16, 2026
The best government contractors don't wait for RFPs to hit SAM.gov. They track procurement forecasts and expiring contracts 12–18 months in advance, and by the time the solicitation drops, they've already won. Here's how forecasting works, where to find official forecast data, and how AI-powered recompete intelligence gives you a head start the government's own tools can't match.
InsightsMar 19, 2026
Most GovCon tools automate one thing. CLEATUS Workflows automates everything — opportunity triage, pricing benchmarks, red team reviews, lead generation, post-award business development, and any process your team runs. A visual automation engine with AI-powered steps that works the way you do.
InsightsMar 17, 2026
