How branding is pivotal to success – FederalNewsRadio.com
It’s not always clear how to position and build brand awareness for one’s business or startup, leading a lot of good businesses to make bad decisions. Sarah Woods is marketing director at Bridges, a rapidly-growing D.C.-based technology business, and has deep and diverse experience working with companies to make sure their branding and marketing is right for them. At Bridges, she’s been able to take their consulting business model and shift it to something that can successfully sell a service.
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Mandatory Antiterrorism Training for Government Contractors
The Defense Department just published a proposed rule that, if adopted and most certainly will be adopted, will require its contractors to conduct anti-terrorism training to personnel that require routine physical access to a Federally-controlled facility or military installation.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Mandatory Antiterrorism Training for Government Contractors
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Government Contractor Employees Earning Minimum Wage Will Receive a 2.4% Increase in January
Last week, the President’s decision to forgo a cost of living pay raise for Federal Government employees in 2019 made national news. Other than the Federal workforce and related organizations (e.g. AFGE), not too many gave the decision a passing thought. These decisions however have a way of reverberating back to the public who need an efficient Government bureaucracy, including Government contractors who rely on Government employees to solicit, award, and administer their contracts. The impact may not be felt immediately but it impacts the Government’s ability to attract and retain (emphasis on retain) a capable workforce. Spend any time at all with Government employees and you’ll soon hear them bemoaning the loss of employees who left for better pay, better working conditions, and better appreciation. They too are looking for an exit. Who’s going to fill their shoes? Someone with inexperience, likely. We recently encountered a contracting officer making million dollar decisions, with six months of experience under her belt.
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5 Things You Should Know: Size Protests and Appeals – SmallGovCon
I’m just back from El Paso, where I had a great time discussing small business size and affiliation issues at the Contract Opportunities Center. This presentation got me thinking: “Wouldn’t our loyal SmallGovCon readers want to know 5 Things about size protests and appeals?”
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2019 Contractor Minimum Wage Increased to $10.60 | Government Contracts Blog
The Department of Labor has announced the 2019 minimum wage rate for contracts covered by Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors.
The 2014 executive order raised the hourly minimum wage paid by contractors to workers performing work on covered federal contracts to $10.10 per hour starting January 1, 2015. For covered tipped employees, the order set an hourly cash wage of at least $4.90.
Source: 2019 Contractor Minimum Wage Increased to $10.60 | Government Contracts Blog
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How an issue-based approach can make you a better government contractor — Washington Technology
We all know what a critical role the federal government plays in support of the American people. From providing national security to managing social benefit programs to ensuring safe foods and medicines, each agency has its own distinct mission. And, each agency obviously faces its own unique challenges.
For example, did you know that:
Source: How an issue-based approach can make you a better government contractor — Washington Technology
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SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (“Smalltofeds”): Baseline Management in Government Contracting
Government Computer News (GCN) carried a story in the recent past on the difficulties experienced with, “Performance-Based Contracting”, which has been made part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in an attempt to pre-establish at contract award those discrete outcomes that determine if and when a contractor will be paid. The conditions it cites remain today in terms of a dramatic need for contract baseline management.
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Fastest 5 Minutes The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without | Government Contracts Legal Forum
This week’s episode covers IR&D, antiterrorism, and DoD news, and is hosted by partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without. Listen: Crowell.com | PodBean […]
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OASIS small business solicitation coming — FCW
The OASIS professional services vehicle is gaining traction among small businesses as federal agencies point to OASIS as a go-to source, as the federal government pushes for fewer contracts.
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Contractor Agrees to Pony Up for Shortchanging its Workers
A Government contractor, performing work funded by the Department of Transportation, has agreed to pay back wages, overtime, and fringe benefits to 77 employees. This agreement was the culmination of an investigation by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). The WHD found that the contractor violated requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We do not know why the WHD initiated its investigation. It could have been a result of a whistleblower or other complaint (as is often the case in these investigations) or the contractor could have been randomly selected as part of WHD’s ongoing oversight responsibilities.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Contractor Agrees to Pony Up for Shortchanging its Workers
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