Get in the know with small business IT with these blogs from leaders, influencers and tech gurus.
Source: 30 Must-Read Small Business IT Blogs 2018 – BizTech Magazine
Industry teaming is a fact of life in small business federal government contracting. Your team for a given contract pursuit may consist of several types of industry partners external to your organization.
If you are the business lead by virtue of teaming agreements that recognize your small business set-aside designation as the qualifier for leadership, you have a management challenge. That challenge involves issuing agreements and purchase orders to independent contractors as individuals and negotiating fully executed subcontracts with firms subcontracting to you.
As those familiar with government contracts are undoubtedly aware, ensuring a bid protest is timely filed with GAO is a paramount consideration. GAO takes a particularly dim view of protests not filed in accordance with its timeliness regulations, which can encourage parties to file a protest as quickly as possible. As GAO recently explained, however, in the context of extended debriefings, there is such a thing as filing too soon.
Do political contributions help a company get more federal contracts with more favorable terms and conditions? It’s an old question, but Reza Houston, assistant professor of finance at Ball State University, has done research he said proves the answer is “yes.” Houston joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain more.
Source: Do campaign contributions help companies score more federal contracts?
The 2018 Hurricane Season is now in full swing and the damage cost totals continue to rise for our friends on the East Coast. Disasters, like hurricanes, often arise quickly and without much warning, requiring quick responses from the Government and government contractors.
Views from the Corner Office is a new show designed to talk to the private sector leaders that influence and impact the federal market. The goal of this monthly discussion is for federal executives, lawmakers and other industry experts to gain insights and a better understanding into the trends, the challenges and the evaluation of the technology, acquisition and leadership in the federal market by the executives who lead the federal practices of government contractors.
LaJuanna Russell, the president and CEO of Business Management Associates, sat down with Federal News Network’s executive editor Jason Miller at the station’s studios in Washington, D.C.
Source: A robust small business environment is not without its challenges – Federal News Network
Multiple-award task-order contracts are becoming an increasingly common feature of government contracting, and many carry very high ceiling values. This places participation in MATOC awards at a premium.
Historically, Uncle Sam has struggled to meet its WOSB contracting goals. It wasn’t until 2015, in fact, that the government first met its WOSB contracting goal and, since then, has continued to struggle to meet it.
A regular highlight of the NASCIO Annual Conference has been the release of the State CIO Survey. Analyzing trends and identifying developing issues has always been a popular exercise with state CIOs and the 2018 version was no different.
Source: NASCIO publishes 2018 state CIO survey – Federal News Network
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Christian Curran, Olivia Lynch, and Rob Sneckenberg highlight recent GAO decisions and an ongoing Court of Federal Claims case involving mid-procurement key personnel departures, as well as strategies for avoiding or, if need be, addressing this troublesome situation.
Source: All Things Protest: Mid-Procurement Key Personnel Departures | Government Contracts Legal Forum
