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Section 508 training compliance is a legal requirement, a procurement standard, and — when taken seriously — a quality indicator for the learning experience itself. The Rehabilitation Act’s Section 508 requires federal agencies to ensure that electronic and information technology, including training content, is accessible to people with disabilities. For eLearning, this means conforming to […]

Leadership development in the federal government is not the same as leadership development in the private sector. That distinction sounds obvious, but it is routinely ignored when agencies issue RFQs that read as if they were written for a corporate HR department. A federal leadership development contractor who lacks deep government context will deliver generic

Federal agencies spend millions each year on workforce training, leadership development, and organizational consulting — but the path from need to contract award can be slow and complicated. GSA MAS training services exist precisely to eliminate that friction. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) is a long-term governmentwide contract vehicle that gives agencies a direct,

The federal FAC-COR training market has no shortage of providers. OMB maintains a list of approved vendors, and the catalog covers everything from large training companies offering high-volume online courses to boutique firms delivering specialized in-person programs. Quality varies significantly — and the criteria that predict COR performance outcomes are not always the ones agencies

FAC-COR — Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives — is the OMB-mandated certification program for federal civilian employees who are designated to monitor and administer contracts on behalf of a Contracting Officer. If your agency awards contracts (and virtually every civilian federal agency does), your CORs are required to hold the appropriate FAC-COR level

Federal acquisition is one of the most technically complex and consequential functions in government. Contracting officers and Contracting Officer’s Representatives make decisions every day that affect program outcomes, taxpayer dollars, and agency missions — often under tight timelines and with limited institutional support. Getting acquisition workforce development right isn’t optional. It’s a precondition for mission

If you are preparing for the Senior Executive Service, the guidance you may have studied even a year ago no longer applies. In 2025, the Office of Personnel Management restructured both the Executive Core Qualifications and the way candidates apply. Understanding the current framework is now the difference between a competitive package and one built

What Federal Agencies Get Wrong About Developing Their Acquisition Workforce Federal agencies spend billions of dollars on contract administration every year. The people responsible for managing those contracts — Contracting Officers’ Representatives — are required by law to be trained and certified. FAC-COR exists for a reason. And yet, the acquisition workforce in many agencies

The federal cybersecurity workforce gap is not a new problem. But it’s an accelerating one. Threat sophistication is increasing. Agency attack surfaces are expanding as systems modernize. And the pipeline of cybersecurity-trained federal workers — particularly those with active clearances — is not keeping pace. The federal response has been policy-heavy and training-light. FISMA requirements,

Federal agencies have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to IT modernization over the past decade. Cloud migration, zero trust architectures, legacy system replacement, digital service delivery — the technology investments are real and, in many cases, significant. The workforce piece is lagging. Technology modernization without workforce modernization doesn’t deliver on its promise. New systems