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Consequences, intended and unintended of small business legislation
It's election year, and so legislation in Congress tends to take a populist bent. Exhibit A is H.R. 3779 , a bill that would penalize agencies that fall short of their small business set aside goals
Bill would increase federal small biz goals, penalize SESers for falling short
Legislation being proposed Jan. 31 by the chairman of the House Small Business Committee would increase the governmentwide small business prime contracting goal by two percentage points, to 25
SBIR, STTR would gain extension under defense authorization bill
Two federal extramural research and development small business set-aside programs would gain a 6-year extension and undergo an expansion in the percentage of federal research dollars dedicated toward
McCaskill's small business warpath obscures the goodness of organic growth
In shocked, outraged tones, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) showed during a July 26 hearing that small business contracting issues are not as simple as they might appear. Clearly intent on a warpath,
Senate hearing highlights challenges to small-business cybersecurity contracts
The National Security Agency spends a significant portion of its budget on cybersecurity technologies, but it's currently falling behind its target for small-business utilization, according to
Ineligible businesses getting veteran preferences at VA, says OIG
The Veterans Affairs Department is likely awarding $540 million annually worth of business to companies that fail to meet eligibility requirements for veteran owned small businesses or
Gov gets a 'B' in small biz performance for fiscal 2010
Close but no cigar, could be the Small Business Administration's assessment of governmentwide small business contracting efforts during fiscal 2010. In all, the SBA says in a June 24 release,...
HUD fell the most short of small biz goals in fiscal 2009
When it came to the size of individual federal agency goals for small business contracting during fiscal 2009, none surpassed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which said it would
