House Small Business Committee calls for $50M cut to SBA budget request
The House Small Business Committee recommends cutting almost $50 million from President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget request of $864.64 million for the Small Business Administration. Committee Democrats...
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GAO report is a good reminder to bidders: Agencies don’t always follow the...
The United States government has awarded more than $280 billion in contracts so far this fiscal year — FY2015 ends September 30. Last year, that number was just over $445 billion on September 30....
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Congress tries to avoid a government shutdown as Oct. 1 nears
Lawmakers are working behind the scenes to cobble together a continuing resolution in the next two weeks to keep the government open past Oct. 1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has...
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VA aims to unsnarl $1.4 billion in delayed projects
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs is seeking congressional approval for a plan to get moving on $1.4 billion in major construction projects that have been stalled because of differences in funding projects...
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4 things for contractors to remember in planning for a possible government...
With six weeks left in fiscal 2017, budget experts are warning federal contractors that it’s only prudent to begin preparations for the possibility of a government shutdown on Oct. 1. Lawmakers will...
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Deal-making accelerates as federal contractors jockey for spending
For the first time in a while, investors are betting big on “big government.” The federal services market has experienced a jolt of dealmaking activity in recent months as companies position themselves...
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Shutdown advice for contractors: If a stop-work order comes, stop work
Congress’s progress on its 12 annual spending bills for fiscal 2019 means “we’re in pretty good shape ” for funding federal agencies, David Berteau, president and CEO of the 400-member Professional...
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Background Federal agencies receive funding through a series of appropriations bills. A number of these bills — including those that fund the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human...
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