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Monthly: January 2012

Daily Dump: 31 Jan 2012

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By on Jan 31st, 2012


Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– Legislation known as the GET (Government Efficiency Through) Small Business Contracting Act will be introduced today that would increase small business contracting levels and hold agency officials accountable for meeting those standards.  [Washington Post].

– Mobile applications are now available to assist government contractors to maintain Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) compliant.  [Market Watch].

– The Obama administration is once again pushing to cap compensation for government contractors.  [Washington Post].

Daily Dump: 30 Jan 2012

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By on Jan 30th, 2012

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been unable to provide Iraqi authorities with a complete list of how the $2 billion given to DoD has been allocated on all government contracts related to work in Iraq.  [CNN].

– Reston, Virginia-based IT federal contractor NCI may be one of many defense contractors to feel the effects of reduced government spending and changes in federal procurement in the new year.  [Washington Post].

– The Office of Management and Budget through the Office of Federal Procurement Policy is setting up new IT acquisition policies for federal contractors that drastically change the acquisition process.  [Washington Post].

Daily Dump: 26 Jan 2012

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By on Jan 26th, 2012

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– A newly introduced bill, known as the Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act, would administer penalties, such as reducing budgets, upon departments that fail to meet goals in contracting with small businesses.  [Federal Computer Week].

– Government official was sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes over an eight-year period from a contractor.  [WHIO.com].

Daily Dump: 25 Jan 2012

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By on Jan 25th, 2012

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– The American Small Business League reacts to President Obama’s State of the Union Speech last night, focusing on his attention, or lack thereof, to small business and abuses in contracting.  [Market Watch].

– The Office of Advocacy in the Small Business Administration has issued a statement claiming agencies are not complying with small business rules in their utilization of small auctions for purchases.  [Federal Computer Week].

Daily Dump: 24 Jan 2012

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By on Jan 24th, 2012

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– Could recent legislative provisions that attempt to give more business to small businesses actually hurt small businesses who contract with the General Services Administration by replacing general flexibility with mandates?  [Federal Computer Week].

– A report produced by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) protests the Government Accountability Office‘s interpretation of law requiring the VA to set aside contract awards to veteran-owned small businesses as “defectively incompetent.”  [Washington Business Journal].

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