Multiple-award contracts (MACs)
(Getty Images/iStockphoto/AzriSuratmin)
Contracts/Awards

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

DIU, innovation, contract
DIU
Acquisition

Industry leaders band together to ask DoD for acquisition reform  

Federal Acquisition, GSA
Amelia Brust/Federal News Network
Acquisition Policy

New federal acquisition rule would straighten out small business rights

GSA
Amelia Brust/Federal News Network
Contracts/Awards

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

Ben Cardin
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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
115th Fighter Wing/Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis
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
Federal Newscast

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

Jerry McGinn, George Mason University
Federal News Network
Defense

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

federal workforce-digital-acquisition
Amelia Brust/Federal News Network
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
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
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)
Defense

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

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.
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