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HUB Zone Awards Keep Missing Federal Contract Goals A Quarter-Century After Creation
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner “The federal HUBZone program has failed to meet a small-business contracting goal for more than two...

Small Business Mentoring And Social Networking
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken larson “A Mentor’s 16 -Year Comparative Review of The SCORE And MicroMentor Web Sites “ ____________________________...

DOD Funds $100 Million In Emerging Tech Projects To Help Bridge ‘Valley Of Death’
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Jaspreet Gill “The Pentagon is giving $100 million million total to various program offices under a new pilot...

Learn About America’s Seed Fund For Small Business
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION “The Small Business Innovation Research program was signed into law 40 Years Ago. Since then, Small...

Pentagon Diverted Small Business Fund To Defense Industry Giants
“RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT” Written by Tevah Gevelber and Connor Echols “In just one year, more than $300 million earmarked for small...

The Dire Necessity for U.S. Long Term Strategic Vision
Although by far the most powerful country in the world, the U.S. is suffering from a lack of long term vision. The individual citizen is...

Employers Are Not Complying With Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act
“THE WARHORSE” By Michael de Yoanna "As Troops Face Mounting Demands to Serve in Crises, Civilian Employers Are Firing Them"...

Why You Need To Control Your Personal Brand
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Each of us has a personal brand in the market, things we are known for, things that we have...

Veteran Mental Health Care: A True Lack Of Leadership
“THE HILL” BY KEN FALKE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR “A recent report from the Rand organization, “Defining the Standards of Care for Veteran...

The ‘Outernet’: Secure ‘Internet In Space’ And Key To Future Space Force Hybrid Architecture
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Theresa Hitchens “The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising...

Booz Allen Unveils $100M Venture Capital Fund To Back Tech Startups
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Stephen Losey “Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the 10 largest U.S. defense contractors, launched a $100 million venture...

Small Business Lending in the United States, 2020
“Advocacy’s small business lending report examines FDIC data to determine the state of bank lending to small businesses. Small business...

U. S. Single Year Government Funding, Budget Control And The National Debt
"Rose Covered Glasses" By Ken Larson "Having dealt with the funding process in the government contracting industry (both large and...

VA Reaching Out To Veterans, Builders To Award More Adapted Housing Grants
“MILITARY TIMES ” By Leo Shane III, Deputy Editor “Federal officials want to fix up more disabled veterans’ homes, but first they need...

Army CIO: FY23 Is ‘Year Of Inflection’ For Digital Transformation
“BREAKING DEFENSE.COM” By Jaspreet Gill “The Army’s chief information officer said he wants fiscal 2023 to be the service’s ‘year of...

Federal Agency Suspensions And Debarments Hit 10-Year Low
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Frederic M. Levy, Michael Wagner and Michael Pierce “The Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee...

10 States With National Security Hubs Paying Highest Compensation For Security Clearances
“CLEARANCE JOBS.COM” By Jillian Hamilton “The key in having a long career in national security is finding a state that compensates well,...

GAO Report Recommends DOD Take Department-Wide Risk Mitigation Actions
“GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) “The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Industrial Base Policy office does not yet have a consolidated...

Tools To Help Grow Your Small Business Federal Government Contracting
SBA “The U.S. government is the world’s largest customer. It buys all types of products and services — in both large and small quantities...