Congress to Examine Fraud in VA’s Vet-owned Small Business Goals Lawmakers on Tuesday will hear allegations of manipulation and fraud by Veterans Affairs Department employees into the agency’s goals for serving veteran-owned and service disabled-owned small businesses. Heading up the … Continued
Veteran-Contract Spat Taken Up by High Court A veteran-owned business passed over for a federal contract persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its challenge Monday. The owner of Kingdomware Technologies qualifies as a service-disabled veteran, and the business participates … Continued
Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network’s Findeiss Recognized by SBA’s Oklahoma District APTAC congratulates Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network (OBAN) PTAC’s Larry Findeiss, who was named 2015 Veteran Small Business Champion by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Oklahoma District. Findeiss is active … Continued
University of Houston PTAC Advisor Sutton Recognized by SBA’s Houston District The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) congratulations Deidra Sutton for being named 2015 Minority Small Business Champion by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Houston District. Sutton, … Continued
Central Coast company fraud against Veterans Administration A Santa Maria company paid a $1 million settlement and agreed to close down on May 11 after its owner was accused of falsely claiming the company was a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business … Continued
Bill would provide transition period for SDVOSB status H.R. 1313, the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Relief Act passed the House of Representatives on Monday, May 18th. The bill would protect small businesses owned by disabled veterans in … Continued
VA CVE Verification Does Not Provide Affiliation Shield, Says SBA OHA By Steven Koprince Even if the VA Center for Verification and Evaluation has found that a service-disabled veteran “unconditionally” controls a SDVOSB, the SBA may nonetheless determine that other … Continued
Training for Veteran small business owners (VSOB) to compete for VA set-aside procurements U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Blog March 26, 2015 Stolen Valor is a topic that can raise the blood pressure of both Veterans and non-Veterans alike. Most … Continued
VA Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Rep. McNerney’s Bill to Protect Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOSB) Washington, DC – Today the House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing on a bill authored by Rep. Jerry McNerney to protect small … Continued
Construction Management Company Agrees to Pay the U.S. Government More than $1.1 Million To Settle a Qui Tam Case Alleging that the Company Falsely Claimed “Disabled Veteran” (SDVOSB) Status National Law Review March 23, 2015 On March 18, 2015, the … Continued
