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.
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.
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.
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.
As AT&T Government Solutions begins to develop business based on its March win of the GSA's Networx Universal contract, it is recruiting small business partners.
GSA awarded Satcom II contracts today to 24 communications companies, including nine small business contractors, to provide next-generation, worldwide satellite services to federal civilian and defense agencies.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Kenneth Krieg has issued a memo to the military branches and other DOD officials encouraging them to use the Veterans Technology Services contract.
Small businesses may not be ready for the level of scrutiny headed their way under proposed reporting rules and the contracting accountability Web site.
