Small Business Administration
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Sen. Josh Hawley's new bill would give legal authorities more power to act against social media companies that don't remove addictive features in their websites.
August 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is putting off the elimination of a major benefit for post 9/11 veterans.
July 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department is looking to reward four contractors who make an effort to hire qualified disabled people.
July 08, 2019 -
The CIO Council’s Application Rationalization Playbook provides a six-step approach for how agencies can more efficiently manage their IT portfolios and decide whether to keep software in house or take it to the cloud.
July 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from a Senate committee shows at least eight cabinet agencies are failing to comply with federal cybersecurity standards.
June 26, 2019 -
With one in four dollars spent in federal contracts now going to small businesses, SBA is looking to give more teeth to the verification process for companies that claim to meet the criteria.
June 25, 2019 -
SBA Acting Administrator Chris Pilkerton joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain how it works.
June 05, 2019 -
House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government subcommittee released its first draft of the 2020 spending bill that includes less money for the Technology Modernization Fund and other IT modernization efforts.
June 03, 2019 -
With OMB poised to have more agencies to make the switch to shared services for back-office functions, chief information officers at smaller agencies say they’re on board with the plan.
May 31, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Army officials have given an update of how many female soldiers are now in combat brigades, and plans to place more in the future.
May 27, 2019 -
HUD and Energy Department IT executives say they are applying lessons from failed proposals to new ones that they will submit to the TMF Board.
May 13, 2019 -
As part of Small Business Week, SBA partnered with Visa for its second annual hackathon, which gave developers an opportunity to leverage government data and build tools to speed up disaster recovery.
May 10, 2019 -
SBA CIO Maria Roat gave Federal Drive with Tom Temin the results of their annual hackathon, aimed at helping developers build tools for faster disaster recovery
May 10, 2019 -
Coast to Coast Computers submitted a pre-award protest of the 2nd Generation IT (2GIT) multiple award contract to the Government Accountability Office.
May 06, 2019