April 2018 - page 4

The Government Accountability Office’s job as a sort of governmentwide inspector general is well-known. People and companies in federal contracting also known it as a major forum for deciding bid and contract award protests. Now the GAO is about to modernize the process for filing and tracking protests. Ken Patton, GAO associate general counsel for procurement law, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more information.

Source: Ken Patton: GAO modernizing process for filing, tracking protests

This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman on the state of the GovCon market now that the budget has been approved and is in play.

Source: The state of the GovCon market – FederalNewsRadio.com

So, what do Qualcomm, Symantec, iRobot, and Sonicare Toothbrush have in common? The answer: these are all businesses were seated by money from the federal government, through the Small Business Innovative Research Program. Here in the region, about 250 million dollars a year goes into startups developing high technology.They get to keep their commercialization rights, and sell to the government as a prime if they develop something meaningful. This program is a fantastic opportunity for startups in the D.C. region, and to talk about it, we were joined by Robert Brooke, director of federal funding programs at the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology.

Source: How the federal government can fund your small business – FederalNewsRadio.com