Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Gov’t Contractors Can’t Do Without – Government Contracts Legal Forum
This week’s episode covers DOJ, IDIQ, and GAO case law news, and is hosted by partner David Robbins. 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 |… Continue Reading
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Growing a small contracting business: 10 pieces of advice for aspiring owners – FederalNewsRadio.com
My company, DSFederal, serves the federal government with IT and software development, data analytics and program management services, mostly in the health IT and biomedical research spaces. We started 11 years ago with one employee (me!) working day and night from a table at a Barnes and Noble coffee shop. Now, DSFederal is a successful graduate of the SBA’s 8(a) program, and we’re entering our second decade with over 40 contracts and over 160 employees in several states.
Source: Growing a small contracting business: 10 pieces of advice for aspiring owners – FederalNewsRadio.com
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Booz Allen CEO: Strongest market in 5 years — Washington Technology
Booz Allen Hamilton is bullish on growth prospects for both its financial results and ability to boost headcount in support of that just as the uptick in federal budgets accelerates over the next four months.
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Changes to the Size and Socioeconomic Status Recertification Regime Lead to Questions and Confusion – Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has seemingly slipped a noteworthy change into a technical correction published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2018. Indeed, this “technical correction” actually appears to be an attempt to overturn the impact of a decision that the Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) issued in January 2018 – In The Matter of: Analytic Strategies, Inc., No. VET-268 – which held that under SBA’s recertification rules, a SDVOSB maintains its size and socio-economic status for the life of the multiple-award contract unless a contracting officer requests recertification in connection with a specific task order.
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Let’s Replace SBA Small Business Goaling Grades with Participation Trophies – SmallGovCon
The SBA gave 18 out of 23 agencies “A” grades in the 2017 small business goaling scorecard. Government contracts attorney Steven Koprince says the grade inflation isn’t deserved–and suggests giving agencies participation trophies instead.
Source: Let’s Replace SBA Small Business Goaling Grades with Participation Trophies – SmallGovCon
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2019 NDAA – Finally, a Definition for the term ‘Subcontract’
Section 832 of the House version of the 2019 NDAA (which passed with an overwhelming majority) includes, at long last, a formalized (and precise) definition of the term ‘subcontract’.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2019 NDAA – Finally, a Definition for the term ‘Subcontract’
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Getting under the hood of the FITARA 6.0 scorecard to find true IT reforms – FederalNewsRadio.com
The sixth version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard wasn’t pretty. If Congress took away most agencies’ iPhones and grounded them for a week, it wouldn’t be surprising.
The committee released the grades last Tuesday and brought two of the agencies that are struggling with FITARA — the Defense and the Agriculture departments — out to the woodshed to answer for their bad grades.
Source: Getting under the hood of the FITARA 6.0 scorecard to find true IT reforms – FederalNewsRadio.com
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Where, Oh Where, Have the Compensation Caps Gone? – Government Contracts Legal Forum
Contractors looking for updates to the statutory allowable cost limits on employee compensation may be looking in the wrong place. But what was once lost can easily be found, at least for the moment, by simply navigating to a different website.
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Senate bill calls for small defense contractors getting paid quicker – FederalNewsRadio.com
Defense contractors who work with small businesses could be getting paid sooner. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced a bill requiring DoD agencies to pay small prime contractors within 15 days of receiving an invoice. Current law requires the agency to pay within 30 days. The bill would also apply to large prime contractors working with small subcontractors. The senators attached the bill as an amendment to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act. (Sen. Mike Enzi)
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2019 NDAA – More Funding for PTACs
The House yesterday passed its version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Senate is working on its version which is expected to easily pass. Then the bills are off to a joint committee to reconcile or resolve the differences.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2019 NDAA – More Funding for PTACs
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