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Contract spending is set to grow across the board in 2024

Bloomberg Government predicts record contract spending, once Congress passes appropriations bills for 2024. It sees $762 billion in total procurement,…

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U.S. Navy/Rick Naystatt090310-D-5972N-009 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ryan Allshouse uses the intrusion detection system to monitor unclassified network activity from the automated data processing workspace aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). IDS is part of the integrated shipboard network system and serves as an important computer network defense enabler protecting the unclassified shipboard network from cyber attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released)

Navy’s PEO-Digital turns to SBIRs for the first time

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Small tech companies ask Congress for changes to make acquisition easier to navigate

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GSA constructing another bridge across the SBIR ‘valley of death’

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Army launches several new initiatives to incorporate small firms’ technologies into its systems

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(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)Members of the 6th Special Operations Squadron use a tablet to upload coordinates during an exercise showcasing the capabilities of the Advanced Battle Management System at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 17, 2019. During the first demonstration of the ABMS, operators across the Air Force, Army, Navy and industry tested multiple real-time data sharing tools and technology in a homeland defense-based scenario enacted by U.S. Northern Command and enabled by Air Force senior leaders. The collection of networked systems and immediately available information is critical to enabling joint service operations across all domains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)

How the Biden administration can make DoD an innovation powerhouse

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Christie Canaria is the Small Business Innovation Research program director at the National Cancer Institute and a finalist for the Women in Technology leadership award.

National Cancer Institute brings diversity of thought, people to help small business innovators

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Navy putting emphasis on faster, more productive SBIRs

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Myths and misconceptions about SBIR

Geoff Orazem, managing partner of Easten Foundry, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how agencies of the federal government…

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How the federal government can fund your small business

On this episode, we talk to Robert Brooke, director of federal funding programs at the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, about the federal government’s…

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Navy’s SBIR cultivating small businesses

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The Navy wants to bring more small businesses into the fold to help foster research and innovation. The Small Business Innovation Research program assists businesses by streamlining the process to develop, test and implement technologies for use by warfighters. Robert Smith, director of SBIR, discussed this on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the 2018 Sea Air Space Expo in National Harbor, Maryland.

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