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Army

How the Army uses prize competitions to boost its small business innovation program

"The xTech program — that's our prize competition portfolio — is really designed for companies that have never worked with the Army," said Matthew Willis.

Workforce

How to reduce fraud in small business research and development grants

Defense News

SOCOM cuts years out of some SBIR phase 3 awards

Contracting

It's April, but end-of-termism will start to slow federal contracting

Commentary

The quantum battle for the Indo-Pacific theater: Intersections of technology and territory

Acquisition

New organization plays matchmaker for innovators, DoD

Contracting

Conflict of interest comes to light in the EPA's small business innovation research program

U.S. Navy, Project Overmatch

Ask the CIO

Navy’s pursuit of innovation stretches far and wide

Multiple-award contracts (MACs)

Contracts/Awards

New data shines brighter light on merits, impacts of SBIR, STTR programs

DIU, innovation, contract

Acquisition

Industry leaders band together to ask DoD for acquisition reform

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Acquisition Policy

New federal acquisition rule would straighten out small business rights

GSA

Contracts/Awards

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

Ben Cardin

Acquisition Policy

Senate pulls SBIR back from brink of sunsetting

National Guard leaders, government

Reporter's Notebook

The fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of the next month

Air National Guard, Air Force, National Guard, guardsmen

On DoD

One National Guard unit's idea to improve efficiency: spend less time filling out forms

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Commentary

Why Congress should reauthorize, strengthen the SBIR program

SBA building

Federal Newscast

Small Business Administration wants to show off new technologies made possible through its funding programs

Jerry McGinn, George Mason University

Defense

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

federal workforce-digital-acquisition

Commentary

The government should stop threatening startups’ IP rights

Head shots of Dodds and Black

Off the Shelf

The evolving federal market for small businesses

SBA building

Management

This research executive has done a lot to bring small businesses into the fold

FILE - In this June 3, 2019 file photo, a pilot speaks to a crew member by an F/A-18 fighter jet on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Navy is trying to put together a new coalition of nations to counter what it sees as a renewed maritime threat from Iran. Meanwhile, Iran finds itself backed into a corner and ready for a possible conflict. It stands poised on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, to further break the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Navy

Navy benefits thanks to creative program manager's use of small businesses

army, electronic warfare

Defense

What defense experts say the Biden White House needs to do for innovation in the military