Guy Timberlake CEO American Small Business Coalition December 1st, 2008
Several contracts on way to help consolidate, standardize
Several contracts on way to help consolidate, standardize
Improvements focused internally, externally
OFPP to issue memo to make sure agencies understand new ethics rules
For months, we have been awaiting the regulations that detail the ethics rules for government contractors. Well, this morning they were published in the Federal Register — all 157 pages of them. If you are…
FederalNewsRadio has been Tracking the Transition — and following the money. Today, the Council for Excellence in Government released the Federal CFO Roadmap to give current and in-coming CFO’s insights about the job, the duties…
The Treasury Department has committed $125 billion so far to the Capital Purchase Program part of the financial rescue plan. Neel Kashkari, the Treasury’s interim assistant secretary for financial stability, today said the department submitted…
Preparing an agency for transition to a new administration takes a lot of hard work, diligence, and planning. Sandy Baruah, acting administrator at the Small Business Administration, joins us to talk about how his agency…
As FederalNewsRadio has been telling you, a federal appeals court has ruled that a law calling for minority-owned companies to receive 5 percent of defense contracting dollars is unconstitutional. The court said that there wasn’t…
There was a big court decision this week that could have huge ramifications on small business set aside requirements. A federal appeals court has ruled that a law calling for minority-owned companies to receive 5…
Social networking and Web 2.0 — everybody is trying to figure out how to use it effectively — including federal agencies. The usa.gov team is actually surveying users to see what they think. Bev Godwin…
The Labor Department awarded Verizon to provide wide area network services under the Networx telecommunications contract. The agency confirmed that the nine-year contract would be worth $63 million. Verizon also provided Labor services under the…
The past eight years have seen a lot of changes for the General Services Administration, not the least of which is the reorganization of its acquisition organization. What should be the Obama administration’s priorities for…
Jim Schweiter, Of Counsel, McKenna Long & Aldridge, November 4th, 2008