Small Business Matchmaking – Don't Miss This Opportunity
The 2011 Orlando Small Business Defense Procurement Summit is being held on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Rosen Shingle Creek, 9939 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32819. The Summit, which the…
House Report 112-094 – MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2012
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) serves nearly 58 million people: 22,700,000 veterans and 35,100,000 family members of living veterans or survivors of deceased veterans. This group constitutes more than…
Impact of New SBA Size Standards and Legislation on Government Contractors
Over the past year, there has been a substantial increase in federal legislative and regulatory activity impacting small business contracting opportunities. For example, the SBA is engaged in long-awaited efforts…
FedMine is proud to announce our sponsorship and partnership with NVSBC
FEDMINE is proud to announce our sponsorship and partnership with NVSBC. As the leading independent market research tool in the Federal marketplace, our data provides real-time information, including acquisition intelligence…
Amendment would extend federal contracting preferences to veteran-owned firms
June 13, 2011 from a press release by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick who represents the 8th District of Pennsylvania (http://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-release/house-adopts-fitzpatrick-measure-assist-veterans) WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States House of Representatives today adopted a measure…
Senator Max Baucus continues his work to create jobs for Montana veterans
(Washington, D.C.) – On June 7, 2011, Montana's senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus continued his work to create jobs for Montana veterans today with new legislation to boost businesses for…
SDVO Joint Ventures: SBA’s OHA Overturns Prior Decisions
Washington, D.C. law firm, PilieroMazza, reported an important victory for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) firms interested in forming joint ventures for SDVO set-aside contracts. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office…
SBA’s Women-Owned Small Business Program
By now, hopefully everyone is aware of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) new Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program. Last October, SBA published the final rule which took…
SBA Small Business Jobs Act Tour
The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting the Small Business Jobs Act Tour to gather feedback from SBA lenders, small business government contractors (including 8(a) firms, women owned firms, service…
VA Veteran-Owned Small Business Verification Deadlines Approaching
For many veteran-owned businesses who had been verified by the VA, letters were received in December 2010 advising of “important changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs Vendor Information Pages…