Daily Dump: 30 May 2012
Here is today’s Daily Dump:
– This article provides six tips for small businesses to implement in their efforts to procure government contracts, based on last week’s National Small Business Week events. [Inc.]
By Timothy P. Aiken, Esq. on May 30th, 2012
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Here is today’s Daily Dump:
– This article provides six tips for small businesses to implement in their efforts to procure government contracts, based on last week’s National Small Business Week events. [Inc.]
By Timothy P. Aiken, Esq. on May 25th, 2012
Remembering those who are no longer with us this Memorial Day Weekend; here is today’s Daily Dump:
– According to documents released yesterday by a House Oversight Committee, the Defense Logistics Agency is demanding the return of over $750 million made in overpayments to a Swiss contractor supplying food and water to troops in Afghanistan. [Business Week].
– Jeff Neely, official for the General Services Administration (GSA) involved in the Las Vegas conference spending scandal, has exited the agency according to a federal spokesman yesterday. [CNN].
By Timothy P. Aiken, Esq. on May 24th, 2012
Here is today’s Daily Dump:
– Karen Mills, head of the Small Business Administration (SBA), offers insights into what she sees the role of the SBA in the future is in addressing the challenges of small businesses. [Business Week].
– The new Digital Government Strategy released yesterday sets the stage for a government wide mobile-device management platform that may be moving BlackBerry out as the federal government’s leading mobile device supplier. [National Journal].
By Timothy P. Aiken, Esq. on May 23rd, 2012
Here is today’s Daily Dump:
– This article provides advice for government vendors and re-sellers, and examines their changing role in the government acquisition arena. [CRN].
– Last week, the Small Business Administration proposed a rule that would impact a large number of small business contractors in areas such as multiple award contracts. [JD Supra].
By Timothy P. Aiken, Esq. on May 22nd, 2012
– The White House has indicated its opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that passed the House of Representatives last Friday, specifically opposing the section of the bill that raises the goal amount of contracts awarded to small businesses. [New York Times].
– This article provides a recap of some of the issues currently facing small businesses, as it acknowledges the beginning of Small Business Week this week. [Washington Post].
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