Source: FNN The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to issue what’s likely to become one of the largest service contracts in government history as it restructures its arrangements, aiming for rigorous management of the department’s role as a health care payer and greater competition among health care management firms. The massive contract vehicle represents only the second time VA has signed large contracts with health plans to coordinate private sector care for vete

Source: NEWSWISE Maryland’s business community endured turbulence in 2025 from rising costs, federal workforce reductions and sweeping tariff changes. Nonetheless, many firms remain cautiously optimistic about the months ahead. This, according to a new statewide survey assessing the business climate by the Center for Global Business (CGB) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Research Professor and CGB Academic Director Kislaya Prasad led the pr

Source: JDSUPRA On April 3, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memoranda, M-25-21 and M-25-22, regarding federal agencies’ use and acquisition, respectively, of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Among other strategies oriented towards the Trump administration’s priorities of driving AI innovation, M-25-21 and M-25-22 require “covered agencies”—“any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controll