HUBZone program changes approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this year take affect tomorrow, August 24. These changes expand the SBA's HUBZone application process as well as HUBZone joint ventures. By revising 13 C.F.R. § 126.306, the SBA...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on Wednesday, June 15, published a final rule outlining for federal contractors rules around discrimination on the basis of gender and affirmative action (i.e., treating all applicants and employees equally without regard to gender). This is the...
The U.S. General Services Administration on Thursday, April 6, 2016, launched what it is affectionally calling its "Making It Easier (MIE)" program. The MIE program, according to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth, makes working with the government easier for new and innovative...
The “pay for success” movement in the non-profit world is starting to take hold at the federal, state, and local levels. But a prerequisite is having some way of measuring success—and ensuring that funding models encourage it. The Urban Institute...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently presented a report to Congress focusing on the Agency’s outreach to aspiring and established women veteran entrepreneurs. The report to Congress included U.S. Census data, reflecting the uptick of women veteran entrepreneurship, along with some...
The Obama administration’s efforts to streamline federal purchasing have included something called category management—essentially organizing products into groupings that can be managed more efficiently as business units to maximize savings. That approach was inspired by a similar category management program in place in the...
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Denise Turner Roth announced on March 15, 2016 the launch of a Forecast of Contracting Opportunities tool, a new GSA-engineered product that will make it easier for small businesses to find potential contracting opportunities with the...
In December 2015, FBO began disabling accounts that have not updated their login password within the previous 90 days. FBO will notify accountholders via email about 10 days before the account will be disabled. This email will indicate that the account...
The General Services Administration is launching a new era in federal information technology acquisition this spring when it releases requests for proposals for Alliant 2 Unrestricted and Alliant 2 Small Business, the next generation of the agency’s governmentwide acquisition contracts....
