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Government Contracting Cheat Sheet for Abbreviations

System for Award Management

SAM = System for Award Management (replaced CCR & ORCA) sam.gov DUNS = Dun & Bradstreet (Business code/credit rating) CAGE = Commercial and Government Entity Code (SAM registration & CAGE are what the government uses to pay your business) NCAGE =NATO Commercial...

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New National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 Removes Contract Thresholds for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB)

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President Obama signed into effect the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, which now provides limitless contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses (WOSB) and economically disadvantaged women-owned businesses (EDWOSB). The original policy previously capped WOSB and EDWOSB manufacturing contracts at...

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Data Breach Places 10,000 NASA Employees at Security Risk

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Robert M. Nelson, an ex-NASA/JPL scientist and several other employees were recently notified that due to a epochal data breach that they would be vulnerable to identity theft. According to NASA, a laptop used by a NASA headquarters employee was...

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How Agencies Evaluate Prior Experience and Past Performance

For most businesses interested in government contracting, the first contract is the hardest to earn.  There are many factors that make it difficult to break into government contracting – wary buyers, lack of familiarity with terminology and practices – but...

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VA Interprets “Veterans First” to Mean Veterans Last

A story published yesterday in the Kansas City Star caught our attention.  A 40 year old Marine service-disabled veteran who owns a commercial kitchen supply business in Michigan was unable to bid on two VA supply contracts due to restricted...

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Four Agencies Subpoenaed for Small Business Act Noncompliance

Yesterday, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves sent subpoenas to the Justice, State, Treasury and Agriculture departments to testify at a hearing to be held November 1st. A GAO report last June found that seven departments were out of...

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