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DOD ‘Shark Tank’-Like Innovation Challenges Are Here To Stay With Two New Entries
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Scott Maucione “There’s Spark Tank, STEAM Tank, the Maneuver Innovation Challenge, Dragon’s Lair, the...

Slogan Best Practices And Change Trends Of The Washington Technology 2022 Top 100
” WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY“ By Joyce Bosc “For companies, the most succinct message is a slogan or tagline. To discover what’s working, we...

SBA Support To Small Business In Government Contracting – An Entrepreneur’s Success Story
https://www.performance.gov/ “Thanks to the support of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Croft’s company grew from a net...

Top 100 Defense Contractor Revenues Climb Despite Supply Chain And Fiscal Disruption Turmoil
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Joe Gould “Defense revenues of the top 100 defense companies climbed for a sixth consecutive year, a sign of the global...

At Least One Photo Found For Every Veteran Honored On Vietnam Memorial
“STARS AND STRIPES” “At least one photo has been found of each of the more than 58,000 service members listed on the memorial, also known...

Small Versus Startup Enterprises, Venture Capital And Government Innovation Research Program Needs
“C4ISRNET” By Andrew Powell “Despite calling itself “America’s Seed Fund”, the SBIR program expressly ignores professional seed...

Pentagon Releases Inflation Guidance to Industry
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZNE” By Scott Freling, Paul Rowley and Evan R. Sherwood “In response to industry-wide questions about price...

Fed Procurement Innovation Developing In The Federal Acquisition Institute’s “PTAI”
https://www.fai.gov/periodic-table?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE The PTAI is a collaborative...

5 Things Every First-Time Bidder For Federal Contracts Should Know
“FEDERAL TIMES” “If you’re a small business owner looking into government contracting, you’ve probably seen the well-meaning advice: Just...

10 Largest Department of Defense Contract Awards for July 2022
“CLEARANCE JOBS. COM” By Jillian Hamilton “In July, Army had 50% of the 10 biggest contracts. More vaccine awards went out in July, as...

A Citizen’s Guide To Critique The Pentagon
This article has been updated to adjust the amount of the national debt from what was $16 Trillion in 2012 when we first began our...

Seizing the Moment in Small Business Federal Government Contracting
THE MOMENT Trends on the horizon point to a bright future for small business in federal government contracting. Federal government...

What Are VA Medical and Disability Benefits, and How Do You Get Them?
MILITARY.COM By Jim Absher “You may know that veterans may be eligible for free medical care and payments for disabilities, but exactly...

Major Aerospace And Defense Companies Scouting Tech Startups For Venture Investment
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers, Senior Staff Reporter “Lockheed Martin doubled the size of its emerging technology-focused...

Mark Amtower On Five Keys to Year-End Success on LinkedIn
“I have identified over 2.5 million Feds on LinkedIn via 552 “company” pages of departments, agencies, operating divisions and offices,...

Contractor Cybersecurity Certification Program (CMMC) Voluntary Trial Run
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” – By Justin Doubleday “The Pentagon’s contractor cybersecurity certification program took a major step forward...

Closing FAR Small Business Set Aside Loophole To Made-In-China And Non-TAA Products
“THE COALITION FOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT” “When the government sets aside a procurement, the product of a domestic small business...

FY 2021 – Record-Breaking $154.2 Billion In Contracting to Small Businesses
SBA PRESS Release Number 22-61 Contact Tiffani Clements at tiffani.clements@sba.gov “Overall, the federal government exceeded its goal of...

The Dark Side of the “World’s Most Admired” Companies
“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “Fortune magazine recently released a list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. From a...