Every month, the IT group for BAE Systems North America Inc. invites about three dozen small-business partners to a Homeland Security Department trusted forum. They discuss issues and trends, and identify emerging opportunities as well as share best practices.
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business?IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation?in mid-April.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee, concerned over President Bush's proposed fiscal 2007 budget, released a report detailing how cuts could impact funding for small-business development programs.
"What do you do?" is just about the worst question to ask Lynn Livengood, especially if you meet her at a small-business fair where she scouts potential partners.
OnPoint Consulting Inc. won a five-year, $60 million prime contract from the Treasury Department to deliver a range of IT support services. The deal is OnPoint's largest to date, the company said.
Small businesses working with the federal government may have a shot at winning more contracts, after the Acquisition Advisory Panel voted to adopt recommendations designed to help small companies procure government contracts.
The Small Business Administration has launched the Business Matchmaking Online Network to give small businesses access to Web-based educational tools and workshops on procurement and supplier diversity.
The Homeland Security Department is looking for small businesses specializing in IT to help it create an Internet portal for department employees at locations in the Washington area.
Female entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business now have a new planning tool?MY BIZ for Women, an online resource from the Small Business Administration that provides business information and assistance just for women.
About 100 small-business subcontractors are working with SRA International Inc. on the large task order contract it holds with the National Institutes of Health called the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners Innovations contract (CIO-SP2i).
Micromuse Inc. won a $15 million subcontract from Eyak Technology Inc. to provide infrastructure service management and assurance for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command transformation project
The Homeland Security Department announced this week that the date that proposals are due for FirstSource, its small-business only contracting vehicle, has been pushed back to Feb. 9.
Cambridge Communications Systems Inc. won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide transmission and telecommunications support in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
To promote more opportunities for women entrepreneurs, Women Impacting Public Policy, a leading women's business advocacy group, is teaming with the American Small Business Coalition.
