"Government shutdown" is pretty much a fancy way of saying that the folks on Capitol Hill cannot agree on how to fund federal operations or agencies. It is not an automatic stop work order. Politicians rally, the media gets in...
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Office of Budget and Management Estimates $2 Billion Lost from Government Shutdown
In light of the 16 day government shutdown last month, the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) has estimated over $2 billion lost from furloughed federal employees and contracting projects across the nation, according to a report from the Federal Times on...
Contracting Opportunities Start to Rise Almost a Month After Government Shutdown
Almost every government contractor felt some sort of effect from the recent government shutdown that ran its course from October 1st to the 16th. However, despite the shutdown and the furlough of non-essential federal employees government contractors were still hard...
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Receives One Month Extension to January 15th
Due to the recent 16 day government shutdown many scheduled Combine Federal Campaign events were placed on hold or even cancelled according Elaine Kaplan, Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The original end date as set a year ago...
Government Shutdown is Officially Over; Furloughed Federal Employees and Contractors Go Back to Work
Early this morning Thursday, October 17th, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into effect a bill that will reopen the federal government and lift the debt limit. This will allow more than 800,000 federal employees to return to work and all...
Deal in the Works on Capital Hill to Lift Government Shutdown
Finally after long last, a decision is in the works to overturn the government shutdown. The deal that the Senate will reach in order to reopen the government will start with budget negotiations and limitations. According to CNN, the mission...
Government Contracts Continue To Be Posted to FedBizOpps Despite Government Shutdown
Currently to date there are more than 29,000 active federal opportunities on FedBizOpps (FBO). This means that even with the harsh effects of the government shutdown, contractors still have plenty of opportunities to win government contracts in the federal marketplace. ...
5 Important Small Business Contractor Facts About the Government Shutdown
Aside from the USA mail being delivered, as well as Medicare and Social Security benefits unaltered here are some important small business contracting facts about the government shutdown. 1. GSA announced yesterday that over 1000 solicitations were posted to FedBizOpps....
Effects of Government Shutdown on Contractors Still Uncertain
As the government shutdown approaches a little over a week of duration, it is still uncertain how large an impact the shutdown will have on federal contractors and small businesses. However, it is agreed that the longer the federal government...