Tag: explainer
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Agencies are encouraged to buy common goods and services through a smaller set of proven contracts. Understanding category management explains why some vehicles get busier while others fade.
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The September spending surge is appropriations law working as written. Expiring funds, the bona fide needs rule and the different lifespans of federal money explain the pattern.
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A grant is not a contract, and the difference decides who is eligible, which rules apply and where the opportunity is posted. Here is how the government draws the line.