Small business contracting

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Sen. Ernst to agencies: No more ‘easy As’ on the SBA scorecard

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the ranking member of the Small Business Committee, introduced the Accountability and Clarity in Contracts to Engage Small Suppliers…

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Busy federal fourth quarter to bleed into just as crazy first quarter of 2024

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DISA’s plan to solve the facility clearance conundrum for small businesses

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Commerce’s CATTS procurement exemplifies all that’s wrong with federal small business contracting

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2 new tools aim to reverse decade-long decline in small business industrial base

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FILE - Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks at the 80th Pearl Harbor Anniversary ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Honolulu. Del Toro announced Thursday, May 19, 2022, that a future destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad in honor of a Filipino sailor who rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia,File)

Navy to break up some big contracts to increase small business participation

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Pentagon advisers want DoD to build out agreements between small and large defense businesses

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Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time high

The Small Business Administration is trying to address the 40% decline in the small business industrial base over the last decade with new initiatives.

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This team of business coaches aims to enlarge the field of minority federal contractors

Hutch, an incubator based in Baltimore, Maryland, seeks to develop minority- and women-owned technical services companies for federal contracting.

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How multi-billion dollar defense contractors netted small business set-asides

The Project on Government Oversight reviewed spending patterns of the Defense Logistics Agency under its Special Operational Equipment tailored logistics support program.

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