Monthly Archives: February 2020

(By CHRIS BURRELL | 2/20/20 | Source: NPR) State and local governments spend billions of dollars hiring contractors for goods and services, but most of those contracts…

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(By Anthony Capaccio | 2/20/20 | Source: Bloomberg) The Pentagon mistakenly awarded $876.8 million in contracts to ineligible small businesses supposedly owned by disabled veterans in the…

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(By: SCOTT IKEDA | 2/20/20 |Source: CPO Magazine) As of 2026, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) will be requiring all defense contractors to complete a…

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(By: Chris Cornillie | 2/11/20 | Source: Bloomberg Government) The White House released a fiscal 2021 budget request on Feb. 10 that calls for $92.2 billion in funding for…

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(By: Rae T. Vann, Carlton Fields | 2/14/20 | Source: National Law Review) Federal construction contractors are barred from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, religion,…

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(By: TIM RYAN | 2/13/20 | Source: Courthouse News Service) WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from going forward with a $10…

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(By: Mark Rockwell | 2/14/20 | Source: FCW) This spring, federal contractors will see a second larger iteration of the General Services Administration’s in-depth debriefing pilot program…

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(By: Rob Kampen | 2/14/20 | Source: National Defense Magazine) During the last three fiscal years, the Defense Department awarded more than $77 billion to small businesses through…

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It is my honor and privilege to return to the SBA as the Agency’s 26th Administrator. I’m thrilled to have been selected by President Trump, and I…

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