Larry Allen
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For many entrepreneurs, private equity is one way to finance their establishment. But now we've learned that equity owners can wind up on the hook for false claims actions against the contractor they've invested in.
October 26, 2021 -
Between COVID-related mandates and burgeoning cybersecurity requirements and False Claims Act threats, is it still worth the trouble for companies to try and obtain federal business?
October 12, 2021 -
The federal contracting community will feel relieved if Congress proceeds with a continuing resolution, and avoids a lapse in appropriations. Fondly known as a government shutdown.
September 28, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss GWACs, CMMC, CIO-SP4 and the state of the current government contracting market.
September 24, 2021 -
Prison time, restitution, lifetime debarment, loss of your company. That's what can happen if you bribe a federal contracting official, as one contractor found out recently.
September 14, 2021 -
Congress is focused this week on long-term infrastructure spending. But the clock is quickly winding down on the end of the fiscal year deadline to keep the basic functions of government working.
August 24, 2021 -
There are real questions about the duration of a likely continuing resolution, and whether it’ll be long enough to avert a government shutdown.
August 17, 2021 -
Contractor employees who haven't done so already need to roll up those sleeves and get a vaccination — that is, if they want to go back on site.
August 03, 2021 -
Something big is brewing over at the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
July 20, 2021 -
For annual advice on how to deal, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 07, 2021 -
While Congress debates Biden's 2022 budget proposal, contractors should be adjusting their approaches to customers. With some of the dynamics at work, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
June 08, 2021 -
Contractors selling pretty much everything to the government must start thinking about how to present their products as climate friendly.
May 25, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues for the remainder of the fiscal year.
May 19, 2021 -
The longer it takes the Biden administration to get its final fiscal year 2022 appropriation request out, the worse it'll be for federal contracting. By one account, the final numbers might not gel until February.
May 11, 2021 -
Jeff Koses, GSA’s senior procurement executive, wrote in a blog post that the Transactional Data Reporting pilot proved it’s a worthy replacement for the dreaded Price Reduction Clause.
May 10, 2021