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In the Age of AI, Curiosity Is the Real Advantage
AI is accelerating how people learn, solve problems, and approach their work. Curiosity, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives can help people adapt and contribute as AI reshapes established ways of working.
Stop Switching Tabs: Your Favorite AI Tools Now Work With Costpoint Through MCP
This article explains how Costpoint now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP), so Dela can reach approved outside tools and the AI tools your teams already use can work with Costpoint. It shows how that cuts the time spent switching between systems, with administrators deciding which connections exist.
Why Finance’s Perspective Belongs in Proposal Development, Not Just After the Award
This article explains why Finance belongs in proposal development earlier, using a lesson from three proposals submitted at once and the requirements that were missed. It also shows how Costpoint Proposals helps teams bring Finance into requirements review while the response is still taking shape.
For Defense Manufacturers, Cloud Strategy Is Becoming Contract Strategy
Defense manufacturers need to know where CUI lives and how it is protected across their technology environment. CMMC Phase 2 may be paused, but core safeguarding obligations remain. A cloud strategy that accounts for systems, vendors, and security boundaries can make compliance easier to manage and explain.
One Experience, Every Device: A Look at What's New in Costpoint
This article shows existing Costpoint customers how to get more value from ongoing improvements across the desktop experience, Costpoint Mobile, and Ask Dela. It highlights practical usability updates, customer-driven refinements, and the business outcomes supported by a more connected experience.
The Door to Government Contracting Just Got Wider
This article breaks down DoW’s memo raising the Cost Accounting Standards threshold to $100 million, covering what’s changing, what isn’t, and why cost visibility still matters for contractors either way.
The Pentagon Wants In: What DoW’s New Pricing Memo Means for Your Proposals
A new DoW memo pushes for full cost and pricing transparency across every contractor tier, including a proposal to pull data directly from contractor systems. Here's what the memo proposes to change, what it doesn't say, and how contractors can get ahead of it.
Deltek Recognized as an Expert in the Nucleus Research Enterprise ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026
Nucleus Research, an independent technology analyst firm, recognized Deltek as an Expert in its Enterprise ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026. The report highlights Deltek's strengths in operational visibility, project lifecycle management, and workflow automation through its modular platform architecture, low-code extensibility, and integration capabilities, as well as its ongoing investment in AI, UX, security, and compliance.
Deltek Recognized as an Expert in the Nucleus Research SMB ERP Technology Value Matrix 2026
Nucleus Research, an independent technology analyst firm, recognized Deltek as an Expert in the 2026 SMB ERP Technology Value Matrix for its portfolio of project-based ERP solutions. The report highlights Deltek's ongoing investments in operational visibility, workflow automation, embedded AI, user experience innovation, compliance, and cloud security.
Why Cost Isn't The Biggest Manufacturing Challenge Anymore
See why quality, compliance, and traceability are becoming the new measures of manufacturing performance in government contracting.
Built for Governance & Control: Why Some Systems Prevent Risk While Others Hide It
Compliance risk often comes from systems that allow workarounds, not bad actors. Learn why Deltek Costpoint validates transactions against contract rules in real time.
Becoming the Subcontractor Primes Trust: Small Business Readiness Signals
With Costpoint GCCM Essentials, you are telling primes that you're audit-ready, compliant, and won't become a problem for them.
Costpoint 2026.1: Targeted Improvements That Simplify Daily Work
A first-person look at the Costpoint 2026.1 release and how small improvements to daily work add up to easier jobs and better results.