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Maria Horton, CEO, of EmeSec, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss some of the big issues facing small contractors, including cybersecurity, marketing and why partnering may be better than going for a prime spot on some contracts. December 26, 2016
The FAR Council and lawmakers are updating federal procurement regulations to address long-standing concerns about veterans, prompt payment and privacy training.
The Small Business Administration issued a memo in October stating all task and delivery orders between $3,000 and $150,000 under the GSA schedule are to be set-aside for small businesses if two or more are qualified.
Last year, the federal government awarded nearly $440 billion in contracts, and nearly $90 billion of it went to small business. That's according to figures compiled by American Express. Lourdes Martin-Rosa, American Express adviser on government contracting, shares the latest on small business procurement on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
What are the issues facing small contractors when it comes to marketing and business development? Find out this week when BD professionals Kevin Young and Jim Carroll join host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center. November 28, 2016
Federal procurement experts say Latvian Connection is alleging problems with how agencies are interpreting and implementing the Small Business Act and other policies and therefore should seek relief from Congress or the FAR Council and not through protests.
What are the top marketing issues affecting small contractors? Find out when consultant Bob Davis joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. June 20, 2016
What are the hot issues in small business contracting? Find out when contract attorney Steven Koprince joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. May 30, 2016
The American Small Business League filed a lawsuit May 3 calling on the Small Business Administration to stop what its president claims amounts to giving small business contracts to large firms and "inflating" numbers to meet compliance goals.
Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), chairman and ranking member of the Small Business Committee respectively, wrote a letter to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth in early April asking for more details on how GSA is ensuring category management doesn’t impact small businesses.
Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss her vision for the DHS acquisition workforce, procurement operations, and government-industry communications. March 29, 2016
Rob Coen, director of the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss NITAAC's portfolio of government wide contract vehicles. March 22, 2016
The Small Business Administration is trying to institutionalize accountability across the government for meeting small business contracting goals as well as answer critics by increasing the amount of “eligible” procurement dollars.
The Small Business Administration is reporting that agencies surpassed the 5 percent governmentwide goal of awarding contracts to women-owned small businesses in 2015 for the first time ever.