8(a) companies, 8(a) program

8(a) companies, 8(a) program

IG Finds Violations by 8(a) STARS Vendors, 1/26/07 p. 1.

House Votes Relief For Gulf Coast 8(a) Firms, 4/6/07 p. 5.

SBA Looking at 8(a) Owners’ Personal Finances, 5/20/07 p. 3.

SBA: No Increase Needed in Net-Worth Limits, 6/1/07 p. 1.

“How to Screw Up a Procurement”, 6/15/07 p. 3.

Certifications Vs. Set-Asides: Strategies for Sales Success, 6/29/07 p. 3.

8(a) STARS governmentwide acquisition contract

IG Finds Violations by 8(a) STARS Vendors, 1/26/07 p. 1.

A-76, see Competitive Sourcing

Acquisition Advisory Panel (SARA panel)

Acquisition Advisory Panel Pushes Competition, 1/12/07 p. 1.

Industry Coalition Says: Advisory Panel Proposals “A Step Backward” 3/23/07 p. 2.

Alaska Native Corporations

Alaska Companies Are Top “Small” Contractors, 3/9/07 p. 2.

Army

Army Awards ITES-2H Contracts, 2/23,/07 p. 2.

Army Corps Tells Plans for BRAC Construction, 5/18/07 p. 2.

Congress and Congressional Committees (see also Oversight and Government Reform Committee, House Small Business Committee, Senate Small Business Committee)

New Congress Steps Up Oversight of Procurement, 1/26/07 p. 2.

House Votes to Limit Sole-Source, Cost-Plus Contracts, 3/23/07 p. 1.

House Votes Relief For Gulf Coast 8(a) Firms, 4/6/07 p. 5.

House Approves 30% Goal, Annual Recertification, 5/18/07 p. 1.

Bid Protests

Check Your Margins -- Paper, Not Profit, 3/23/07 p. 5.

GAO: Contractor Entitled to “Reasonable” Site Visit, 5/18/07 p. 2.

Competitive Sourcing

Small Firms Prosper in Job Competitions, 6/1/07 p. 2.

Defense Department

IG Report Raps GovWorks, National Business Center, 1/12/07 p. 2.

Mentor-Protégé Program Wins Praise, Some Contracts, 2/9/07 p. 2.

Defense Dept. to Push Competition for Services, 2/23/07 p. 1.

DOD Says: “Performance Matters” in Award Fees, 3/23/07 p. 5.

VETS Contract Gets DOD Backing, 4/20/07 p. 1.

Contracting Provisions Out of War Spending Bill, 5/4/07 p. 1.

GAO: Savings on Defense O&M Contracts Uncertain, 6/1/07 p. 2.

DOD Limits Use of GovWorks, 6/15/07 p. 3.

Energy Department

Small Firm Wins Big Energy Deal, 2/23,/07 p. 2.

Ethics

Contractor Ethics Rule Is Proposed, 2/23/07 p. 2.

Advocacy Questions Cost of Proposed Ethics Rule, 6/1/07 p. 2.

Debarment Sought for Armor Manufacturer, 6/15/07 p. 2.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (rules, proposed rules)

Contractor Ethics Rule Is Proposed, 2/23/07 p. 2.

Administration Opposes “Revolving Door” Bill, 3/9/07 p. 5.

Rule Targets Tax Scofflaws, 4/6/07 p. 6.

Financial Issues, Financing

Financing the Growth of Your Business, 1/26/07 p. 3.

Survey: Revenue Rose in 2006, 4/6/07 p. 2.

Auditors Get Tougher on Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, 4/20/07 p. 3.

Executive Compensation: Fighting Audit Challenges, 6/1/07 p. 3.

General Services Administration (GSA) and GSA schedules

GSA Chief Fights “Complacent” Bureaucracy, Damaging News Leaks and Her Own Missteps, 1/26/07 p. 1.

IG Finds Violations by 8(a) STARS Vendors, 1/26/07 p. 1.

GSA Moves to Speed New Schedule Contract Awards, 1/26/07 p. 12.

Incumbency Has No Privileges, 1/26/07 p. 2.

New Opportunities For GSA Schedule Contractors, 2/23/07 p. 3.

New Report Card for GSA Schedule Contractors, 3/9/07 p. 1.

GSA Chief Faces Congressional Watchdog’s Bark, 3/9/07 p. 1.

$200 Million Award for Catapult Technology, 3/9/07 p. 9.

House Hearing Turns Partisan As GSA Chief Answers Criticism, 4/6/07 p. 2.

GSA Mends Fences, One Customer at a Time, 4/20/07 p. 1.

VETS Contract Gets DOD Backing, 4/20/07 p. 1.

GSA Leaders Pushed Sun Contract Despite IG Findings, 4/20/07 p. 2.

Pressure Mounts on GSA Chief, 5/4/07 p. 2.

GSA Online Tools Widely Ignored, 5/18/07 p. 2.

GSA Chief’s Future Is in President’s Hands, 6/1/07 p. 1.

GSA Readies New Report Card for Schedules, 6/15/07 p. 1.

Counsel’s Report on GSA Chief Goes to White House, 6/15/07 p. 2.

Goals, Procurement

Alaska Companies Are Top “Small” Contractors, 3/9/07 p. 2.

Agencies Told to Scrub Procurement Data, 3/23/07 p. 2.

House Panel Favors Annual Recertification, 30% Goal, 5/4/07 p. 1.

Trends in Small Business Contracting, 5/4/07 p. 3.

House Approves 30% Goal, Annual Recertification, 5/18/07 p. 1.

Hallowell, Andrew/07 p. (columnist)

Intellectual Property Clauses in Teaming Agreements, 1/12/07 p. 3.

Independent Contractor or Employee? 3/23/07 p. 3.

Homeland Security Department

DHS Awards First Source Contracts, 2/23/07 p. 4.

Protective Service’s Security Guard Contracts Are Questioned, 6/29/07 p. 2.

House Small Business Committee

SBA Programs To Be Debated, 1/26/07 p. 2.

Federal Travel Systems Under Fire Again, 2/23/07 p. 4.

House Panel Favors Annual Recertification, 30% Goal, 5/4/07 p. 1.

HUBZone Program

HUBZone Jobs Rule Proposed, 2/9/07 p. 3.

Information Technology

Justice Dept. Alleges Kickbacks in IT Contracting, 5/4/07 p. 2.

Interagency Contracting/Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts:

How Many Is Enough? 4/6/07 p. 3.

Services Contractors: Hitch Your Wagon to an IDIQ, 6/15/07 p. 5.

Interagency Contracts Face New Scrutiny, 6/29/07 p. 1.

Interior Department

IG Report Raps GovWorks, National Business Center, 1/12/07 p. 2.

DOD Limits Use of GovWorks, 6/15/07 p. 3.

Mentor-Protégé Programs

Mentor-Protégé Program Wins Praise, Some Contracts, 2/9/07 p. 2.

NASA

Senator Questions NASA Actions on Protested Contract, 4/20/07 p. 2.

SEWP Is Good for Small Businesses, 4/6/07 p. 1.

SEWP Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Awards, 4/6/07 p. 4.

Navy

“How to Screw Up a Procurement”, 6/15/07 p. 3.

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Bush Signs Funding Bill; Memo Tells Agencies How To Live With It, 2/23/07 p. 2.

Agencies Told to Scrub Procurement Data, 3/23/07 p. 2.

New Rules Aim at Increasing Competition, 6/15/07 p. 1.

Interagency Contracts Face New Scrutiny, 6/29/07 p. 1.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)

“Oversight” Is The Committee’s First Name, 1/12/07 p. 1.

New Congress Steps Up Oversight of Procurement, 1/26/07 p. 2.

GSA Chief Faces Congressional Watchdog’s Bark, 3/9/07 p. 1.

Administration Opposes “Revolving Door” Bill, 3/9/07 p. 5.

House Votes to Limit Sole-Source, Cost-Plus Contracts, 3/23/07 p. 1.

Davis Warns of Democrats’ Procurement Agenda, 4/20/07 p. 3.

House Hearing Turns Partisan As GSA Chief Answers Criticism, 4/6/07 p. 2.

Recertification

Has The SBA Destroyed Your Company’s Valuation? 3/9/07 p. 3.

House Panel Favors Annual Recertification, 30% Goal, 5/4/07 p. 1.

House Approves 30% Goal, Annual Recertification, 5/18/07 p. 1.

SARA Panel – see Acquisition Advisory Panel

Security Clearances

Report: Security Clearances Moving Faster, 2/23/07 p. 1.

Background Checks Raise Privacy Concerns, 6/15/07 p. 2.

Senate Small Business Committee

SBA Programs To Be Debated, 1/26/07 p. 2.

Senators Say SBA Budget Is Inadequate, 3/9/07 p. 2.

Seneca Creek Consulting (Columnists)

How Do We Gain the Trust of the Buyer? 1/12/07 p. 2.

Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts: How Many Is Enough? 4/6/07 p. 3.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses – see Veteran-Owned Businesses

SEWP IV (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement) governmentwide acquisition contract

SEWP Is Good for Small Businesses, 4/6/07 p. 1.

SEWP Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Awards, 4/6/07 p. 4.

Size, Size Standards

Coming Soon: Bigger Size Standard for IT, Other Services, 2/9/07 p. 1.

Industry Group Wants Size Data Kept Private, 6/29/07 p. 2.

Small Business Administration (SBA)

SBA Programs To Be Debated, 1/26/07 p. 2.

Coming Soon: Bigger Size Standard for IT, Other Services, 2/9/07 p. 1.

SBA Still Awaiting Study on Women’s Set-Aside, 2/9/07 p. 1.

SBA To Boost Procurement Staff, 2/9/07 p. 2.

Senators Say SBA Budget Is Inadequate, 3/9/07 p. 2.

Has The SBA Destroyed Your Company’s Valuation? 3/9/07 p. 3.

Women’s Groups Seek Action on Set-Aside, 4/6/07 p. 3.

SBA Honors Contracting Award Winners, 5/4/07 p. 12.

Study of Women’s Contracts Raises More Questions, 5/18/07 p. 1.

SBA Looking at 8(a) Owners’ Personal Finances, 5/20/07 p. 3.

SBA: No Increase Needed in Net-Worth Limits, 6/1/07 p. 1.

Smigocki, Michael (columnist)

Has The SBA Destroyed Your Company’s Valuation? 3/9,/07 p. 3.

Auditors Get Tougher on Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, 4/20/07 p. 3.

Executive Compensation: Fighting Audit Challenges, 6/1/07 p. 3.

Small Disadvantaged Businesses (see also 8(a))

Construction Companies Settle False Claims Charges, 3/23/07 p. 5.

State Department

State Dept. Selects Small IT Vendors, 4/20/07 p. 2.

Subcontracting

IG Finds Violations by 8(a) STARS Vendors, 1/26/07 p. 1.

GAO Rules on Subcontracting Requirement, 4/6/07 p. 2.

Taxes

Rule Targets Tax Scofflaws, 4/6/07 p. 6.

Industry Coalition Fights Tax Withholding Law, 4/6/07 p. 1.

Teaming, Teaming Agreements

Intellectual Property Clauses in Teaming Agreements, 1/12/07 p. 3.

Transportation Department

Construction Companies Settle False Claims Charges, 3/23/07 p. 5.

Travel, Travel Agencies

Federal Travel Systems Under Fire Again, 2/23/07 p. 4.

Veterans Administration (VA)

Vet-Owned Businesses First in Line for VA Contracts, 1/12/07 p. 2.

VA Begins Set-Asides for Vet-Owned Businesses, 6/29/07 p. 1.

Veteran-Owned Businesses

Vet-Owned Businesses First in Line for VA Contracts, 1/12/07 p. 2.

Why So Few SDV Contracts? Officials, Business Owners Differ, 2/9/07 p. 2.

VETS Contract Gets DOD Backing, 4/20/07 p. 1.

VA Begins Set-Asides for Vet-Owned Businesses, 6/29/07 p. 1.

Woman-Owned Businesses

SBA Still Awaiting Study on Women’s Set-Aside, 2/9/07 p. 1.

SBA: Women’s Set-Aside May Start By Year-End, 3/23/07 p. 1.

Women’s Groups Seek Action on Set-Aside, 4/6/07 p. 3.

Study of Women’s Contracts Raises More Questions, 5/18/07 p. 1.