Senator: Contracting provisions will be passed in next jobs bill
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| March 4, 2010 |
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A bill to make it easier for small businesses to win federal contracts on Thursday cleared the Senate committee where similar provisions have stalled, and the panel's leader said she is confident the legislation will become law.
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Coming soon: New guidelines on which federal jobs can be outsourced
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| March 1, 2010 |
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The Office of Management and Budget plans to release new guidance later this month that will help federal agencies define which tasks should be performed by the government and which are suitable for outsourcing, according to the Obama administration's new procurement chief.
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EPA plans to spend $2.2B to protect Great Lakes
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| February 22, 2010 |
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The federal government plans to spend $2.2 billion to clean up pollution in the Great Lakes and halt the spread of invasive species over the next five years.
That plan, announced Sunday, marks a "significant investment" in fighting some of the biggest environmental threats to the nation's largest freshwater lakes, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said. The EPA will use the money to prevent beach pollution, clean up toxic hot spots, and fight Asian carp and other invasive species. That effort "will leave the Great Lakes better for the next generation than the condition in which we inherited them," Jackson said.
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Report finds federal regulations have delayed stimulus projects
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| February 19, 2010 |
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A bevy of strict regulations imposed on agencies and government contractors have slowed the pace of some Recovery Act projects, according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.
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VA tightens rules for veterans contracting program
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| February 10, 2010 |
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The Veterans Affairs Department has set strict guidelines for bidding on contracts set-aside for veteran-owned small businesses.
Entrepreneurs will be allowed only one company at a time in the contracting program and must work full time in the business, according to a final rule published on Monday in the Federal Register.
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DoD STTR Solicitation
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| February 5, 2010 |
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The DoD STTR Solicitation will be released on February 23. Proposal preparation instructions and requirements, important new information about this program, program description, definitions, methods of selection and evaluation criteria, and contracting information are now available to review.
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The Quadrennial Defense Review
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| February 4, 2010 |
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The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a legislatively-mandated review of Department of Defense strategy and priorities. The QDR will set a long-term course for DoD as it assesses the threats and challenges that the nation faces and re-balances DoD's strategies, capabilities, and forces to address today's conflicts and tomorrow's threats.
See the website below for articles dealing with future Defense spending.
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Obama wants nearly $80B for IT projects
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| February 3, 2010 |
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President Barack Obama today requested $79.4 billion in spending on information technology projects for fiscal 2011, a 1.2 percent increase from what he proposed in fiscal 2010 and a slight decrease from the $80.6 billion the 2010 budget actually allocated.
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Obama goes after tax-delinquent contractors
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| January 20, 2010 |
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President Obama issued a memorandum on Wednesday designed to ensure that companies that are seriously delinquent on their taxes are not awarded federal contracts.
The order directs the Internal Revenue Service commissioner to review the certifications firms submit when bidding for federal contracts showing they are up-to-date on their taxes. The IRS chief is to report to the White House within 90 days on the accuracy of those certifications.
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Upcoming News for 2010
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| December 21, 2009 |
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Each year, there are big important stories, and few would argue with our picks for 2009.
We rank the most important stories of this year and beyond.
But we highlight these particular stories not only for the immediate impact they had but also for the lasting influence they continue to exercise.
In essence, these stories aren’t over. They will keep people talking and make headlines in 2010 and beyond.
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Oshkosh Joint Venture Project
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| December 16, 2009 |
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This multidisciplinary joint venture team led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison is attempting to develop a commercial-scale method for thoroughly mixing and dispersing nanoparticles in molten metals to enable the manufacture of large and complex metal castings with greatly enhanced performance characteristics. The joint-venture team includes Eck Industries, Inc., Nanostructured & Amorphous Materials, Inc., the Oshkosh Corporation, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. To improve performance and energy efficiency, engineers increasingly are turning from iron and steel to lightweight alloys of aluminum and magnesium.
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Federal Debt Flag will be in production 11-30-2009
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| November 30, 2009 |
Federal Debt Flag will be in production 11-30-2009.
The FAR mandating the FDF is being published 11-30-2009 and will be active in February 2010.
CCR receives updated data from Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the United States Treasury, for the Federal Debt Flag once per week.
FAQ’s:
Q: What does it mean if my registration shows “yes” for the Federal Debt Flag?
A: If a registration shows “Yes” for Federal Debt Flag, that registrant will need to contact Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the United States Treasury, at 800-304-3107 with any questions regarding that debt.
A: CCR receives updated data from FMS for the Federal Debt Flag once per week. If it has been more than a week since the debt has been rectified, you can check with FMS at 800-304-3107.
For more information click HERE
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GAO finds fraud in SDV program
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| November 24, 2009 |
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The Government Accountability Office audited a handful of
service-disabled veteran-owned small business contracts, and
might have discovered the tip of a large iceberg of fraud.
Of more than 100 allegations of fraud and abuse, GAO audited 10
firms between October 2008 and November 2009 and found that
ineligible companies improperly received millions of dollars in setaside
and sole source SDVOSB contracts. The audited firms
received approximately $100 million in SDVOSB contracts and
another $300 million through other small business programs such
as the 8(a) program for disadvantaged minority groups and the
HUBZone program for firms located in historically underutilized
business zones.
According to the Small Business Administration, $6.5 billion in
federal contracts were awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned
small businesses in fiscal 2008.
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Wisconsin Contractors Boast Great Record
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| November 24, 2009 |
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Northeastern Wisconsin boasts several companies that have done handsomely thanks to Uncle Sam. Institutional furniture maker and designer Krueger International in Bellevue — known simply as KI — is among them. It has rung up $76 million in government work this year, much of it under contract with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons . The company puts tooling and equipment into federal prisons. The state has drawn a much larger proportion of federal contract work in recent years.
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WI Contractors Tap into Federal Dollars
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| November 24, 2009 |
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Julio De Arteaga built his career brick by brick.
Now, 20 years since he formed his namesake firm as a masonry contractor, De Arteaga, of Greenville, has grown his team to 65 people. Not only has he grown his firm, he also has partnered with Miron Construction, the big Town of Menasha contractor, on a $28 million Department of Labor project for a new Wisconsin Job Corps center in Milwaukee. Not bad for a guy who apprenticed with Miron in 1989.
"I've been doing governmental work for quite a while," De Arteaga said. "But it really boomed when we started our joint venture and I was able to capitalize on the resources that Miron could provide."
They are among the group of Wisconsin firms expected to ring up about $4.6 billion in government business in fiscal 2009, a sum roughly on pace with the previous year.
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