Small Business Innovation Research

This Feb. 27, 2018, photo shows electronics for use in a quantum computer in the quantum computing lab at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Describing the inner workings of a quantum computer isn’t easy, even for top scholars. That’s because the machines process information at the scale of elementary particles such as electrons and photons, where different laws of physics apply. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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

Quantum technologies have the potential to revolutionize various fields, from communication and cryptography to material science, financial modeling, drug…

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New organization plays matchmaker for innovators, DoD

Acquisition

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

Contracting

MC1 (AW/SW) Michael D. Cole

Navy tech bridges connecting small businesses with its needs

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

Contracts/Awards

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Defense Innovation Unit Headquarters building, DIU

Industry leaders band together to ask DoD for acquisition reform

Acquisition

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

On DoD

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)

Why Congress should reauthorize, strengthen the SBIR program

Emily Murphy, the former administrator of the General Services Administration and now a Senior Fellow with the Center for Government Contracting at George…

Commentary

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Small Business Administration is looking to showcase entrepreneurs developing technology in key industries in part through…

Federal Newscast

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

Defense

Pentagon planners know the U.S. military needs new technologies if it hopes to stay on top. But many of the innovation initiatives don’t gain scale because of the 1960s-era planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) process.

Small Business Innovation Research

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

New organization plays matchmaker for innovators, DoD

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

Navy tech bridges connecting small businesses with its needs

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

Industry leaders band together to ask DoD for acquisition reform

New federal acquisition rule would straighten out small business rights

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

Senate pulls SBIR back from brink of sunsetting

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

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

Why Congress should reauthorize, strengthen the SBIR program

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

Defense innovation bumps up against a Cold War budget system

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