CLEATUS Blog

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.

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.

What Claude skills are, how SKILL.md files work in Claude Code, and the skills worth installing in 2026, including twelve government contracting skills you can copy today.

SeaPort-NxG task order solicitations no longer live in the SeaPort Portal. The Navy moved them to the PIEE Solicitation Module, and the old portal began decommissioning on June 30, 2026. Here's the full timeline, what Navy contractors must do now, and how to keep your pipeline from going dark.

An opinionated list of the Claude MCP servers worth connecting for real business work in 2026, from GitHub and Slack to government contracting.

How Ancilla Technologies and Services, an SDVOSB federal consultancy and SeaPort-NxG prime, cut proposal development time by 50% and went from one RFP/RFQ submission a month to three with CLEATUS.

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.

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.

Government contract vehicles like GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, and the GSA Schedule let agencies buy through pre-competed contracts. Learn how each one works, how to get on one, and how to find the task orders that fund the work.

SBIR and STTR are the federal government's largest non-dilutive R&D programs — roughly $4 billion a year across 11 agencies. Here is how to find SBIR/STTR opportunities, understand the phases, qualify, and stop missing topics buried across agency portals.

CLEATUS is now a ChatGPT app for government contractors. Find federal contracts, track competitors, manage your pipeline, and draft proposals without leaving ChatGPT.

Grants.gov is the official database of every federal grant and cooperative agreement, with ~1,820 active opportunities at any given time. Here is how to find federal grants you actually qualify for, set up alerts, and avoid the noise.