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[Webinar] Exiting From the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Successful Growth Strategies for Small Businesses Moving to the Mid-Tier – September 16th, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
It is well known to nearly all small business federal contractors (including SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB) that exceeding your size standard can be a death knell. Companies…
Portman, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Require The Defense Logistics Agency To Issue Long-Term Contracts For American-Made PPE [repost]
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation that will strengthen efforts to onshore production of personal protective equipment (PPE)…
New rules, new challengers for contractors [repost]
It’s been two years since Congress passed legislation aimed at purging equipment made by untrusted telecom companies like ZTE and Huawei from the federal supply chain. Last…
Government Surpasses Small Business Contracting Goals in Fiscal 2019 for Seventh Year [repost]
The federal government exceeded its overall small business contracting goals for the seventh consecutive year in fiscal 2019 by awarding $132.9 billion in prime contracts, which was…
HHS CIO resigns [repost]
Jose Arrieta will depart as the top tech official at the Department of Health and Human Services, probably early next month, FCW has confirmed. Arrieta was appointed CIO…
President Signs a “Buy American for Essential Drugs and Medical Supplies” Executive Order [repost]
From JDSupra Introduction Against a backdrop of an ongoing, disruptive COVID-19 pandemic; natural security concerns about disruptions in the availability of drugs, personal protective equipment, and diagnostic…
Hundreds Of Millions Reportedly Tracked By U.S. Government Contractor Apps [repost]
From ScreenRant The movements of hundreds of millions of smartphones across the world are reportedly being tracked through software used by federal contractors with U.S. defense ties. The news…
DoD requests one month extension on JEDI reevaluation decision [repost]
From GeekWire [Update, Tuesday Aug. 11: U.S. Federal Claims Court Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith granted the one-month extension in an order today.] The federal government wants more time to sort…
$165K a week for COVID analysis? That’s how much Washington paid a global consulting firm [repost]
From OPB In early June, as Gov. Jay Inslee was overseeing a phased reopening of the state, his budget office signed a contract with the elite international consulting firm…
Agencies Off-Pace to Switch to New Telecom Contract Before Cutoff Date, GAO Says [repost]
From NextGov Federal agencies aren’t transitioning to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract vehicle fast enough and several may not be on track to meet the May 2023…