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Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) Updates Keyword Limit to 50 Characters

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Dynamic Small Business Search or better known as DSBS to contracting professionals recently updated their keyword limit from 20 to 50.  With all commas, spaces, and words a vendor can now have up to 1000 characters in their keyword limit area...

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US Federal Contractor Registration Reports System for Award Management (SAM) is Currently Down With Unexplained 404 Error

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US Federal Contractor Registration US Federal Contractor Registration is reporting that System for Award Management or better known as SAM is currently down featuring a 404 error that states “webpage cannot be found”.  The Federal Government...

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What is the Dynamic Small Business Search DSBS?

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The Dynamic Small Business Search is a website that is primarily used by procurement officers to track down and locate qualified government contractors that meet federal small business acquisition needs. Thanks to the Small Business Act of 2008 every procurement...

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Senator McCaskill States Past Performance Information on SAM.gov Still Riddled With Errors and Typos

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Since its release in July of 2008, System for Award Management (SAM.gov) has proven to be riddled with errors and issues due to unaware government contractors. Outspoken agencies and federal officials like the Georgia PTAC office and Senator McCaskill express...

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USDA Distributes over 100,000 BYOD Devices for Federal Employees

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The United States Department of Agriculture has recently installed over 100,000 federal mobile devices to its employees for their new BYOD (bring-your-own-device) program. Procurement officers can now access their email and view contractors on their federally approved mobile device. In...

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United States Air Force Signs Agreement to use OASIS Program

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After two RFP extended deadlines originally set for September 17th, 2013 and October 10th, 2013, the GSA’s OASIS Program looks forward to the future in 2014.  In the best news for the OASIS Program since its release in late August,...

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GovKinex: US Navy Deliberates Over Email Services

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The United States Navy has started exploring new options with their email service. The new NGEN (Next Generation Enterprise Network) is planned to provide over 800,000 federal employees with brand new email services. For the past year, HP has been slowly...

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DoD Plans to Forge Better Federal Contracts for Government Contractors

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The DoD plans to increase the amount and quality of contracting opportunities by increasing training to employees, creating 11 integrated cost-analysis teams and better utilizing the Contract Business Analysis Repository (CBAR). The CBAR supplies important business information about properly registered...

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DISA Deliberates Over Canceling ESSII Cloud Storage Service Contract

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Almost a month later after its release the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announces they are considering canceling their ESSII Cloud Storage Contract. The ESSII had a contract ceiling worth between $427 to $450 billion with a base project length...

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