8(a) program

FAR Council updates whistleblower protection, small business rules

Contractor employees will have enhanced whistleblower protections starting Nov. 6 after a years long effort to improve protections.

Contracting

Small Business Administration (SBA) building

SBA rethinks disadvantaged contracting program after federal court ruling

Contracting

One of SBA’s signature contracting programs is on hiatus

Federal Newscast

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Navy Office of Small Business Programs hits the street to try and increase 8(a) awards

Contracts/Awards

GAO spikes the Federal Supply Schedule cross-walk; sellers beware

Commentary

Exclusive

SBA sees Biden executive orders as opportunity to increase equity in small business contracts

Contracting

.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Federal employees can get time off if they have reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

From JEDI to CIA to TIC: The stories that made 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Why a Biden presidency could be a gamechanger for 8(a) businesses

Commentary

Limiting period of performance is killing highly successful 8(a) GWAC

Reporter's Notebook

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Treasury clarifies, PRAC is allowed to oversee all CARES Act spending

Federal Newscast

Agencies initiate emergency acquisition authorities

The Defense Department raised its threshold for 8(a) sole source contracts to $100 million as required by the 2020 Defense authorization bill. While not…

Acquisition Policy

From 120 hours to 34 minutes, SBA transforms small business application processes

The U.S. Digital Service helped SBA modernize the applications to apply for government contracting programs.

Ask the CIO

Health IT & the power of customer service

Amtower Off-Center

DSFederal CEO Sophia Parker joins host Mark Amtower of this week’s Amtower Off Center, to discuss the challenges she faced in starting her own company, and DSFederal’s focus on health IT. February 26, 2018