Find small business set-asides with Procura
Small businesses have generous set-aside opportunities in federal contracting – agencies must reserve a percentage of contracts for qualified 8(a), SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran–owned), WOSB (women-owned), HUBZone, and general small business firms[1][2]. However, finding and tracking these requires constant SAM.gov monitoring and careful filters. Procura automates this: by uploading your company’s capability statement, its AI continuously scans […]
AI Safeguards and Subcontractors
Anthropic-Pentagon AI Dispute Anthropic-DoD AI Dispute Timeline Dispute Details and Safeguards The crux of the dispute was over usage restrictions built into Anthropic’s Claude AI. Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei stressed that Claude is already deployed across classified DoD networks and supports critical missions[25]. However, Amodei has insisted on two “narrow exceptions”: Clauses forbidding any use […]
Best Tools to Find Government Contracts in 2026 | Procura
The U.S. federal government awards more than $700 billion in contracts every year. Yet most small businesses spend 10+ hours a week manually hunting through clunky portals, missing opportunities that were a perfect match — just buried in attachments no one read. The right tools change that completely. This guide breaks down every meaningful option […]
Modernizing the Privacy Act: What Small Federal Subcontractors Need to Know
Privacy Act Modernization Blog Executive Summary: Congress is considering major updates to the Privacy Act of 1974, the federal law that governs how agencies use personal data. Recent proposals (e.g. the Senate’s Privacy Act Modernization Act of 2025 (S.1208) sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen) would broaden the Act’s […]
Procura Is an AI Federal Contracting Analyst, Not Just a “Contract Search Engine”
Executive summary At Procura, we built an AI-powered federal contract search and analysis platform for small teams that are tired of spending nights and weekends hunting listings and manually reading long solicitation packages. Our promise is straightforward: Procura continuously scans SAM.gov, ingests and reads full RFP packages (including attachments), then scores fit against your capability […]
New Executive Order Broadens Definition of Defense Contractor Underperformance
Overview: A new executive order (EO) issued January 7, 2026 is putting fresh pressure on defense contractors – and, by extension, their subcontractors – to perform and invest in ways the government expects. This “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting” EO significantly broadens what counts as contractor underperformance beyond just missing delivery dates. It introduces […]
Government Shutdown 2026 – January 28 Update: Status, Impacts, and Strategies for Contractors
As of January 28, 2026, the federal government is just days away from a potential partial government shutdown. Lawmakers face a funding deadline at the end of this week, with about half of federal agencies set to run out of money on January 30[1]. If Congress fails to act by Friday night, those agencies “will […]