Commerce not accurately reporting contracting data to FPDS-NG database Source: FierceGovernment, Article written by Ryan McDermott, published on June 25, 2015 The Commerce Department isn’t accurately reporting contracting data to the federal government’s main procurement database, says a June 19 … Continued
NIST Issues Final Guidance on Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Standards for Controlled Unclassified Information Source: Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Blog, Article written by Alexander Major, published June 23, 2015 On June 19, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and … Continued
Contractor pays $7.8M for falsely claiming 8(a) status Source: FederalTimes, Article written by Aaron Boyd, published July 7, 2015 A government contractor agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle claims it falsely represented itself as a small disadvantaged business, illegally … Continued
Dollar threshold to increase for some acquisition categories, could affect small businesses Source: FierceGovernment, Article written by Ryan McDermott, published July 7, 2015 A new final rule on the Federal Register would change the monetary thresholds for certain acquisition categories … Continued
Government Small Business Data Includes Billions to Fortune 500 Firms Source: PR Newswire, Article written by Steve Godfrey, published July 2, 2015 An analysis by the American Small Business League (ASBL) has uncovered 179 Fortune 500 firms and their subsidiaries … Continued
GSA Efforts to Boost Small Business Participation in Government Contracting Earn High Marks Source: The GSA Blog, Article written by Jerome Fletcher, published June 29, 2015 GSA’s commitment to small business was recently recognized when our partners at the U.S. … Continued
Defense Officials: Times are Good for Small Business Contractors Source: National Defense Industrial Association, Artticle written by Sandra I. Erwin, published June 28, 2015 Just less than two years ago, the Pentagon warned in a report to Congress that “continued … Continued
GAO: DHS steps help small business gain more contracting opportunities, but more data needed Source: FierceHomelandSecurity, Article written by Dibya Sarkar, published June 29, 2015 The Homeland Security Department has taken several key steps to broaden small business participation in … Continued
