Small biz sought for NARA Archives II site

The National Archives and Records Administration is looking for a small business to help it improve the digitization and scanning capabilities of its Archives II site in College Park, Md.

New small-biz rule may hinder agencies, SBA's Preston says

A new rule requiring small businesses to recertify their size regularly may hinder agencies' current goal of awarding 23 percent of contracting dollars to small businesses, one SBA official said June 4.

Raytheon to lead Army global training project

Raytheon Technical Services Co. has been selected to head a landmark effort to consolidate and upgrade the Army's worldwide training and support systems.

GSA seeks bids for telecom deals worth $93M

GSA is seeking indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, firm fixed-price bids for six new multiple-award contracts for wireless telecom expense management services not available through its Networx contract.

News briefs

A House subcommittee approved a $36.3 billion spending bill for DHS, which is $2.1 billion more than the Bush administration requested.

On the edge

ClearSpeed Technology PLC's Advance accelerator family speeds applications without significantly impacting power, cooling or space requirements

Long shots

Small businesses petition hard for Networx slots.

Is SBA asleep on minority-owned business issues?

Sen. John Kerry seems to think so, saying that the agency has not updated its net worth threshold for its small-business program that assists businesses with government contracts set-asides in a decade.

Report: Small businesses succeed in A-76

Almost three-quarters of the contractors winning contracts under OMB's Circular A-76 are small firms, according to a new SBA report.

DOD has yet to meet veteran contract rule

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate's Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, is asking for a clear statement on DOD's commitment to meeting the governmentwide goal, instituted in 1999.

No. 8: Fluor's ready in a pinch

Texas construction and engineering firm comes when disaster calls.

Leading by example

Abbas Yazdani, founder and CEO of Artel, could delegate the hunt for alliances to other officers. But he often chooses to lead the quest himself, as he did recently at the DISA Customer Partnership Conference.

Richard Rector | Time has come to dust off those ethics programs

Not having an ethics program is no longer a wise decision for any contractor, small or otherwise.

Briefs

Despite an $893 million outlay on information-sharing networks in the past two years, the Homeland Security and Justice departments do not have effective networks in place, a GAO report states.

House restores small biz contract dollars to 30 percent

After some wrangling earlier this week, the House has decided agencies should give 30 percent of their contracting dollars to small businesses.

Small business contract goal yo-yos in House

The percent of federal contracts that should go to small businesses has changed as different House committees considered a contracting-related bill. Each change has caused concern among officials.

CDW-G scouts for small business partners

CDW Government Inc. has issued a request for proposals soliciting small businesses to partner with on federal business opportunities.

Air Force gives eight a PASS

The Air Force has picked eight small businesses for contracts worth a total of $800 million to provide services for its Electronic Systems Center.

X-Feds gets Seaport-e task order

X-Feds Inc. will support the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's capability evolution process under a new task order.