Washington Technology: Small Business http://washingtontechnology.com/rss-feeds/small-business.aspx Federal court gives HUBZone program priority The Small Business Act makes it mandatory, not optional, to give HUBZone companies a preference over other small businesses, a judge rules. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/09/claims-court-hubzone-priority.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/09/claims-court-hubzone-priority.aspx Former Lockheed VP signs on at Information Innovators Daniel Matthews, who retired last week as vice president of government relations at Lockheed Martin Corp., has joined Information Innovators Inc. as senior vice president of strategic programs. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/03/former-lockheed-vp--information-innovators.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:56:26 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/03/former-lockheed-vp--information-innovators.aspx SBA proposed rule directs set-aside contracts to women-owned firms A proposed rule is designed to help agencies award 5 percent of federal contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/03/women-owned-small-business-rule-details.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:55:16 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/03/women-owned-small-business-rule-details.aspx SBA tries again to help women-owned businesses get contracts The Small Business Administration today proposed a procurement set-aside rule that would give women business-owners more opportunities in federal contracting. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/02/sba-rule-women-owned-businesses.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:45 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/02/sba-rule-women-owned-businesses.aspx SBA proposes subtraction rule to contracting goals Agencies must subtract contract awards from small-business award totals if, even after the award, SBA concludes the firm isn’t eligible to be considered small http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/01/small-business-rule-proposals.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:29:01 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/03/01/small-business-rule-proposals.aspx Senate bill takes aim at HUBZone fraud The bill seeks to ensure that only eligible firms participate in the HUBZone program. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/24/sba-hubzone-senate-bill.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:14 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/24/sba-hubzone-senate-bill.aspx Attain starts out strong as BearingPoint successor Attain LLC is less than a year old, but the professional services company already has gone through a name change and closed 20 new contracts and six follow-on awards worth a total of more than $13 million since September 2009. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/22/attain-bearingpoint-successor.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/22/attain-bearingpoint-successor.aspx New investment fund targets small businesses Rick Knop has created an investment fund that is targeting companies with less than $50 million in revenue and need help getting to the next level. http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/18/small-business-equity-fund.aspx Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/18/small-business-equity-fund.aspx