Is your small business doing all that it can to position itself in the Federal marketplace? The Small Business Administration recently confirmed that there are literally billions of dollars on
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Coming Soon: WOSB Sole Source Contracts
Women-Owned Small Businesses, rejoice!
The SBA issued a proposed rule that would give contracting officers the authority to award sole source contracts to Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) and Economically
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The SBA 8(a) Program’s Sliding Scale of Social Disadvantage
The SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program offers substantial and unique opportunities for small businesses. However, and not surprisingly, access to the 8(a) program is offered to only a limited category
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Do You Actually Own Your Small Business?
In order to access the tremendous opportunities associated with the SBA’s small business development programs (like the Women-Owned Small Business Program and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program), a common requirement
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SBA Proposes to Expand the Mentor-Protégé Program to Include All Small Businesses, Not Just 8(a) Small Businesses
Yesterday, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new proposed rules that could dramatically change the landscape for small businesses, as well as large federal contractors that team with small business
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Small Business Resolutions You Can (and Should) Keep
As the calendar turns to February, many of us have already let slide our personal resolutions for the New Year. However, even if you’ve already forgotten what the inside of
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Limitations on Subcontracting for Small Business Contractors
As we’ve covered, the U.S. government sets defined goals concerning the percentage of federal contracting dollars that must go to small businesses. This situation can be a double-edged sword
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To Nobody’s Surprise – Federal Small Business Award Numbers Are Inflated
The SBA Inspector General recently determined that over $400 million in small business awards were awarded to firms that were not eligible small businesses at the time of award. These
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Federal Government Falls Just Short of Small Business Subcontracting Goal for FY 2013
Recently, we discussed the federal government’s success in meeting the small business prime contracting goal in FY 2013. Unfortunately, federal contractors did not have as much success when it
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Federal Government Meets Small Business Contracting Goal for the First Time since 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”), as well as each federal agency, establishes goals every year to promote small business participation in federal government contracting.
For the first time since
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