Small Business Innovation Research

• GSA FAS update: E-commerce marketplace back on, Alliant 2 small business details coming

  Julie Dunne, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said contracting officers and vendors are finding ways to bring innovation, agility and speed to the pandemic emergency.

  Acquisition

  May 01, 2020
• Good boy, bad hearing: Army looks to small business to protect working dogs’ ears

  The Army is giving working dogs longer careers with new hearing protection.

  Army

  November 28, 2019
• Air Force looking for innovation around simulators in upcoming Pitch Day

  The Air Force is looking to duplicate the success of its recent pitch days later this year, with one focused on simulator technologies.

  All News

  July 26, 2019
• Thornberry unveils potential punishments for DoD’s slow implementation of acquisition reforms

  House Armed Services Ranking Member Mac Thornberry wants to punish DoD for taking too long with reforms.

  Defense

  May 17, 2019
• 809 Panel recommendation will bring more innovative small businesses to DoD

  Charlie E. Williams, Jr. and Nick Tsiopanas, members of the Section 809 panel, explain why their recommendations will benefit both DoD and small firms.

  Commentary

  April 15, 2019
• IT modernization, rapid procurement is a national security imperative

  Richard Beutel and Andrew Caron make the case for why Congress should expand rapid acquisition authorities to all agencies.

  Commentary

  February 28, 2019
• GSA wants to rescue innovations from the ‘valley of death’

  GSA launches a pilot to help companies in Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program get access to federal buyers.

  Reporter's Notebook

  August 06, 2018
• How the federal government can fund your small business

  On this episode, we talk to Robert Brooke, director of federal funding programs at the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, about the federal government's Small Business Innovative Research program. Brooke explains how SBIR is designed to fund startups that are creating new and untested technologies, while letting the company retain commercialization rights.

  What's Working in Washington

  April 20, 2018
• Navy’s SBIR cultivating small businesses

  The Navy wants to bring more small businesses into the fold to help foster research and innovation. The Small Business Innovation Research program assists businesses by streamlining the process to develop, test and implement technologies for use by warfighters. Robert Smith, director of SBIR, discussed this on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the 2018 Sea Air Space Expo in National Harbor, Maryland.

  Federal Drive

  April 16, 2018
• Innovations in cybersecurity at DHS

  Megan Mahle, business operations manger for the cybersecurity division of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the mission of the organization. October 21, 2016

  Fed Access

  October 20, 2016