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As agencies prep for reorg, OPM to sharpen its succession planning tools – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Agencies have a key reorganization deadline fast approaching on Sept. 30. The Trump administration wants agencies to submit new plans that detail how they’ll measure and manage employee performance.

Source: As agencies prep for reorg, OPM to sharpen its succession planning tools – FederalNewsRadio.com

Just Because You’re Bankrupt Doesn’t Mean You’re Precluded from Government Contracting | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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Companies that desire Government contracts must meet a number of qualifications including an accounting system suitable for Government Contracting and enough financial resources to perform the contract. From a practical standpoint where a contractor is eligible for progress payments or other interim payments (e.g. public vouchers), a two to three months of working capital is sufficient until the billing/payment pipeline starts producing.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Just Because You’re Bankrupt Doesn’t Mean You’re Precluded from Government Contracting

Border wall contractor once paid $3 million to settle federal fraud investigation – POLITICO

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Caddell Construction Company Inc., a major commercial and industrial federal government construction contractor based in Montgomery, Alabama, did not admit wrongdoing in the 2012 case.

Source: Border wall contractor once paid $3 million to settle federal fraud investigation – POLITICO

5 Things You Should Know: Debriefings – SmallGovCon

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Debriefings are a fundamental part of every solicitation. So it’s important for government contractors to understand what debriefings are, what they are not,

Source: 5 Things You Should Know: Debriefings – SmallGovCon

Introducing the 2017 WT Fast 50 — Washington Technology

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We are glad to unveil the 2017 Washington Technology Fast 50 list, our annual ranking of the fastest growing small businesses in the government market.

The ranking is based on five years of revenue data.

Companies submitted applications that included revenue data for calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. We calculated a compound annual growth rate and ranked the companies accordingly. The revenue data includes prime and subcontracting work.

Click here to view the list and see who made this year’s rankings.

Source: Introducing the 2017 WT Fast 50 — Washington Technology

How Contractors Can Help Rebuild Texas After Harvey | Onvia

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Estimates of what it will cost to address the destruction wreaked by Hurricane Harvey are projected to be somewhere in the range of $160 billion, with Texas accounting for most of that total. Hard to believe that it would be possible to have enough damage to equal the combined total cost of Hurricane Katrina and Super Storm Sandy, but that is the likely result. Texas is now officially the new “hot spot” for government contracting of almost every imaginable type.

Source: How Contractors Can Help Rebuild Texas After Harvey | Onvia

White House floats vision for IT modernization — FCW

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The White House released a plan to modernize federal IT by accelerating cloud adoption, consolidating networks and prioritizing key applications for needed upgrades.

Source: White House floats vision for IT modernization — FCW

Government’s Price Analysis was Deficient – Bid Protest Sustained | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a solicitation for a contractor to handle EEO claims investigations at its Office of Resolution Management. One of the bidders, David Jones CPA (DJCPA) was eliminated from consideration because the VA found that one of his line item prices was not fair and reasonable.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Government’s Price Analysis was Deficient – Bid Protest Sustained

Managing Risk in Small Business Federal Government Contracting Business System Development | SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (SBFGC)

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Most small enterprises must undertake some form of business process augmentation when entering federal government contracting.

The natural inclination for small business is to immediately jump to buying computer software tools or services in an effort to expedite the business system growth process. That propensity is often enhanced by suppliers who maintain their product or service is “DCAA Compliant”, has been “Validated by the Government as an Earned Value Management System (EVMS)” and other similar claims.

This article will address cautions and tips regarding an immediate jump to software or services as a means of growing a government contract business system. It will recommend some rules of thumb to insure wise business system development decisions, specific to your company, for managing the associated risks.

Source: SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (SBFGC): Managing Risk in Small Business Federal Government Contracting Business System Development

Joesph Petrillo: GAO upholds bid protest on Labor contract – FederalNewsRadio.com

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When the Labor Department went looking for a contractor to run its Job Corps center in Los Angeles, it eventually settled on a nearly $100 million contract to Management and Training Corporation, ending the center’s relationship with the YWCA, which had run the center for the past 52 years. But the Government Accountability Office upheld a bid protest the group filed, finding Labor had given MTC at least two chances to change the key leaders it had proposed to run the center, an opportunity it didn’t give to the YWCA. Joe Petrillo, a procurement attorney with the law firm Petrillo and Powell, joined Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the case and its implications for other government contracts.

Source: Joesph Petrillo: GAO upholds bid protest on Labor contract – FederalNewsRadio.com

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