OMB outlines vet-owned biz plan
Agencies have until Feb. 7 to give the White House their plans for how they will use small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
SDB price break expires
The price adjustment of up to 10 percent that small, disadvantaged businesses could get on their bids to civilian agencies lapsed in December, but there is little hand wringing among small businesses.
SDB price break expires
The price adjustment of up to 10 percent that small, disadvantaged businesses could get on their bids to civilian agencies lapsed in December, but there is little hand wringing among small businesses.
Tribal firms capitalize on advantages
In 2005, Catapult Technology Ltd. will see its work with the Transportation Department plummet from $4.8 million to practically zero.
SBA extends comment period for size standard restructuring
The Small Business Administration has extended the deadline by 60 days for comments on the advance notice of a proposed rule related to the agency's effort to restructure small business size standards.
White House outlines veteran-owned business plan
Agencies have until Feb. 7 to give the White House their plans for how they will use small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
Buy Lines: What's coming at us in 2005?
Here are my top five issues for the coming year.
Small-biz figures skewed
About $2 billion in federal contracts were miscoded as going to small rather than large businesses in fiscal 2002, distorting procurement statistics, according to a new report by the Small Business Administration's advocacy office.
FCBS acquires Computer & Hi-Tech Management
FCBS Inc. of Fairfax, Va., is buying Computer & Hi-tech Management Inc. to create a $200 million a year government systems integrator. Both are former 8(a) firms. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
TechTeam to acquire Sytel
TechTeam Global Inc. has acquired Sytel Inc., a network services and enterprise solutions provider, for $18.5 million in an all-cash deal.
Management changes made at RS Information Systems
RS Information Systems Inc. in McLean, Va., has realigned its senior management with majority owner and co-founder Rodney Hunt adding the role of chief operating officer to his chairman and CEO duties.
SBA: Awards to large firms counted as small-biz deals
About $2 billion in federal contracts were miscoded as going to small rather than large businesses in fiscal 2002, resulting in distorted procurement statistics, according to a new SBA report.
Report: Service-disabled contracting on the rise
Contracts set aside for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans will pull in nearly $2.8 billion in spending by fiscal 2009, according to a report issued this month by market research firm Input Inc.
SBA finalizes small business certification process
The Small Business Association is now requiring businesses to self-certify that they are still a small business when they acquire companies with set aside contracts.
Eye on the States: The fine print of state health care BPO
I bet terms such as claims entry, system takeover, MMIS, fiscal agent or entitlements mean nothing to you. But multiyear contracts, recurring revenue, mega deals, ongoing operations, and guaranteed federally financed budgets ? now, there is language everyone understands.
Three small firms merge to create new company
Three affiliated companies merged today to form a new entity specializing in information technology services and solutions for the federal marketplace. Arlington, Va.-based Centurum Inc. brings together Techplan Corp., TDS Inc. and Klein & Stump Inc.
E-Gov's Tools of the Trade: Acquisition made easy
Seventeen new tools could be the key to simplifying the cumbersome, complicated federal procurement process.
Online extra: Market Share -- As Bush prospects rise, so do federal IT stocks
Despite no change in strong business trends among the federal IT service companies over the past few quarters, investors have been driving stocks higher in the past couple of months.
Feds fear offshore outsourcing, while contractors fear a backlash
Government employees and contractors are worried about offshore outsourcing, but for different reasons.
Undecided on e-voting
The market potential promised in the Help America Vote Act of 2002 has yet to materialize for government systems integrators.
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