Small Business Related Actions

• Sequestration Will Slash Nearly a Million Small Business Jobs September 20, 2012
  
  
• Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Smal Businesses: Issues in the 112th Congress September 11, 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• Subcommittees Review Certification Process for Veteran-Owned Small Business August 2, 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• Briefing on Intellecutal Property July 30, 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• Report: Spending Up on Multiple Award Contracts July 27, 2012
  
  
• Landrieu Introduces Small Business Success Act July 26, 2012
  
  
• Obama Adds Cabinet Seat For SBA Administrator, Proposes Merging Commerce Agencies January 13, 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Pogram January 12, 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Seeks to Debar Federal Contractors January 2012 (pdf)
  
  
• GAO Report On Service Contracts December 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Notes From The Administrator December 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Legal Protections For Subcontractors On Federal Prime Contracts December 28, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Increasing Opportunities For Small Businesses In Purchase Card Micro-Purchases December 19, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Prison Industries December 8, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: Reauthorization Efforts December 2, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Improving Small Business Procurement Data - Quality and Process November 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Do ANCs Deserve Their Special Contracting Status? November 8, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Military Chiefs Warn Budget Cuts Will Cancel Weapons November 2, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs Report November 2, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Notes From the Administrator October 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Interest Groups Protest Law to Withhold Portion of Payments to Contractors October 31, 2011 (pdf)
  
• Fraud Continues in Small Business Preference Programs October 27, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Statement of Administration Policy October 25, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Procurement Chief Defends Obama's Commitment to Small Business October 24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Sen. Shaheen, Brown Lead Coalition to Preserve Critical Small Business Programs October 24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Committee Looks at Progress One Year After Enactment of Small Business Jobs Act October 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Joint Select Committee On Deficit Reduction October 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program October 12, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• International Patent Protection for Small Businesses October 7, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Fairness for Small Businesses in Contracting Act September 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Specter Of Big Defense Cuts Prompts Big Worries September, 2011
  
  
• Accelerating Payments To Small Businesses For Goods and Services September 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• White House Clarification of 'Inherently Governmental Functions' Draws Criticism September 13, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Tax Gap: Should The 3% Withholding Requirement on Payments to Contracts By Government Be Repealed? September 12, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Speakers at IRS Hearing to Raise Underlying Problems With Public Contractor Withholding September 9, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Do Mid-Tier Companies Need A Helping Hand? September 8, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Acquisition Regulation; Constitutionality of Federal Contracting Programs for Minority-Owned and Other Small Business September 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Panetta Warns DoD Small-biz Contracting Goal Is Impending September 6, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Should Work With Agencies To Improve The Data Available For Program Evaluation August 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Increasing Small Business Contracting Opportunities in FY 2011 August 24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• The Ghosts Of Small Businesses Past August 22, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program August 12, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Set-Asides For Small Businesses: Recent Developments In The Law Regarding Precedence Among The Set-Aside Programs and Set-Asides Under Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity Contracts August 4, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• New FAQs explain 3% Withholding Rule For Government Payments To Contractors August 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• The Value of Making Small Business A Big Part Of Your Procurement Strategy August 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Debt-ceiling Deal Saddles Contractors With New Uncertainty August 2, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Pentagon Push To Cut Contractors Takes Toll on Businessnes July 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011 July 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Contracts: How Oversight Failures and Regulatory Loopholes Allow Large Businesses to Get and Keep Small Business Contracts July 26, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Pentagon Push To Cut Contractors Takes Toll on Businesses July 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Implications Of The Failure To Raise The Debt Ceiling For Government Contractors July 25, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Contracting Undergoing Changes, Says DoD Small Business Director July 22, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Defining Small Business: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues July 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Senate Wants To Roll Back $1.1B In Defense Services Contracts July 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Army's 2012 Plan Emphasizes Innovation, Frugality July 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Chairman Graves: A Strengthened RFA Means Federal Bureaucrats Can No Longer Ignore The Effects of Their Rulemaking on Small Businesses July 13, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Repeal the 3% Withholding Tax July 13, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Cut Contracting Costs by 15 Percent, Agencies are Told July 7, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Register Volume 76, Number 128 July 5, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Networking is Essential for Small Business July 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Maximizing Air Force Opportunities for Small Business June 24. 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• 2010 Small Business Procurement Data Shows Significant Profress toward 23 Percent Federal Contracting Goal June 24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Small Business Investment Company Program June 23, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Called Slow To Kill Duplicative Programs and Curb Improper Payments June 16, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Repeal 3% Withholding of Small-Business Payments: Stop Punishing Small Businesses June 15, 2011 (pdf)  
  
  
• Pentagon: No More Big Defense Mergers June 15, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• GAO Report On Mentor Protege Programs June 15, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Increased Use of Small Business Contractors June 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Administration HUBZone Program June 9, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• FAR Retrospective Review June 7, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• GAO Highlights: Small Business Contracting June 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Efforts To Bring Jobs In-House May Be Losing Momentum May 31, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Women Owned Small Business Repository By Cono Letizia May 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Veteran Often Choose Entrepreneurship May 6, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Majority Venture-Capital-Owned Small Businesses Could Tap Research Grants Under House Science Plan May 4, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small-Business Initiatives Move in the House but Stall in the Senate May 4, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Innovation Program April 26, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Acquisition Regulation; Organizational Conflicts of Interest April 26, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Army Guide For The Preparation of a Program Product Data Management Strategy (DMS) April 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Joint Memorandum on Saving's Related to "Should Cost" April 22, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Patent Reform in the 112th Congress: Innovation Issues April 21, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Regarding the Senate SBIR Bill April 17, 2011 (pdf)  
  
  
• Obama Lifts 1099 Tax Reporting Burden April 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Survey of Federal Laws Containing Goals, Set Asides, Priorities, or Other Preferences Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity April 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Panel Approves Patent Overhaul Measure April 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Government Contracts Report Letter April 13, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Three Amendments Prevent Progress on Senate Small-Business Bill April 13, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Advocacy's Legislative Priorities Seek to Improve RFA April 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Interim Rule: Women Owned Small Business Program April 1, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Effectiveness Of The Small Business Administration's Surveillance Review Process March 31, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary March 25-31, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Considering Mandating Set-asides on Multiple Award Contracts March 30, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Defense Thinks Small For New Contracts March 26, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary March 18-24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation March 21, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• An Overview of Major Tax Proposals in the President's FY2012 Budget March 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Size Standard Review March 21, 2001 (pdf)
  
  
• Bill Would Toughen Oversight of SBA Contracting Programs March 21, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Administration to Let More Companies Qualify as 'Small' March 20, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• GAO Report March 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis of DoD Budget March 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• House Committee Hearing on Small Business March 16, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary March 11-17, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Proposed Rule in Federal Register March 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Opens its Review of Small Business Regulations March 15, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Debate on Small Business Bill March 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• ARGW 2011 Legislative Recommendations March 11, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary March 4-10, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 March 2, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary February 25 - March 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Shutdown? What Shutdown? February 25, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Government Contracts Advisory February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Bill Would Protect Minority, Women-Owned Firms February 17, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary February 17-24, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Government Belt Tightening May Squeeze SBA February 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary February 11-17, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Register Notice February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Increasing Small Business Participation in Federal Contracting February 11, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Biz Programs on Chopping Block in 2012 Budget February 15, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA to Alaska Native Corporations: Show Us The Money February 11, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary February 4-10, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• The Defense Industry Enters a New Era February 9, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• The Small Business Advocate January-February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Leveraging Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program Funding for Engaging the Small Business Cyber Workfoce February 8 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• After Delays, Women's Small Business Contracting Program Debuts February 4, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Reservation of In-Sourcing Approval Authority February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• White house seeks to bust myths about talking to contractors February 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Women Owned Small Business Contracting Program February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAFSB Media Summary January 28 - February 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• GAO Review of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program February 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Expects First Contracts In New Woman-Owned Business Program By Summer February 1, 2011 (pdf)  
  
  
• Senators Aim to Stave Off 3 Percent Tax Withholding for Contractors February 1, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• 5 Ways to Shape How Agencies Pick Winning Proposals January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SBIR Program: Reauthorization Efforts January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Commentary: It's a Small Business Congress  January 31, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Obama Pushing Small-Business Tax Breaks January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Competition in Federal Contracting: An Overview of the Legal Requirements January 10, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAF/SB Media Summary January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program: Small Entity Compliance Guide to the WOSB  Program December 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Contractor Coalition Slams Law Requiring 3% Withholding on Most Contracts January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Congressional Committees Target SBA Programs for Cuts January 28, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Agency Spotlight: Small Business Administration January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• House Small Business Committee Business Meeting January 26, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Landrieu, Snowe Seek Recommendations from SBA to Eliminate Programs January 25, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• House committee to review SBA January 25, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• SAF/SB Media Summary January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• It's time for small business owners to walk halls of Congress January 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Presidential Memoranda January 18, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal regulations and small businesses January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• DCMA-DCAA Alignment-Responsabilities January 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Senator Landrieu's Remarks for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Forum January 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Senator Landrieu Addresses U.S. Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Forum January 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• What the government won't tell you about your proposal January 14, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• DOD budget cuts target contractors, IT programs January 6, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Gates prepares more details on cuts to the defense budget January 5, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• How the "procurement mess" will fix itself January 4, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• DOD Issues Long-Awaited OCI Rule January 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• VA officials set to verify veteran small businesses January 3, 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Navy Region Southwest Ends Private Security Contract  January 2011 (pdf)
  
  
• Veteran-owned Small Businesses End of 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Innovation Research End of 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Government-wide Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2011 End of 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Air Force Small Business Media Summary December 31, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Pentagon announces it will significantly narrow the scope of contracts it will subject to tighter conflict of interest rules December 29, 2010 (pfd)
  
  
• Federal Acquisition Regulation; Repeal of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program December 22, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Practical Way to Dramatically Reduce Illegal Employment December 20, 2010 (pdf) 
  
  
• Contractors get pay freeze at Energy Department December 20, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Senate takes step toward better acquisition December 15, 2010 (pdf) 
  
  
• OSHA letter to Solis December 13, 2010 (pdf)



• Contract management becomes top priority for White House December 13, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Small-Business contracts under scrutiny from federal agencies December 9, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Fiscal Year 2011 Long Summary December 8, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Small businesses score as Air Force reopens $3B contract December 7, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Obama administration begins publishing names of federal subcontractors on Web December 1, 2010 (pdf)
  
  

• Establishment of PEO for Services November 30, 2010 (pdf)
  
  

• Small Businesses support the U.S. Air Force.  Watch the new Air Force Small Business "Did You Know?" Video.
  
  
• Federal program provides opportunity for small technology companies to leverage their unique innovations Fall 2010, pages 24-28
  
  
• The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms October 21, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Proposal would end Alaska native contracting advantages October 8, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Proposes Women-Owned Small Business Rule to Expand Access to Federal Contracting Opportunities October 4, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Additional Temporary Extension of Authorization of Programs Under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 September 29, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Small Business Fact Sheet of 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• New law adds more requirements to small-business plans September 27, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA to foster defense technology cluster in region September 21, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Small businesses could suffer if fed contracting goes in-house September 16, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• The White House Blog New Plans Underway to Increase Contracts to Small Business September 15, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Army To Weed Out Unnecessary Contractors September 15, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Task force calls for reforms to ease small business contracting concerns September 15, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• FACTBOX: Details of U.S. Senate small business bill September 15, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• NDIA letter to Pelosi: Repeal 3% withholding September 14, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• MEMORANDUM FOR ACQUISITION PROFESSIONALS
  SUBJECT: Better Buying Power: Guidance for Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending September 14, 2010 (pdf_
  
  
• NDIA comments on Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards September 7, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Executive Summary: Small Business Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses September 2010 (pdf)
  
  

• Documents and briefing papers ("Better Buying Power: Guidance for Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending") provided to NDIA by the office of Dr. Ashton Carter, DoD AT&L, concerning a series of measures aimed at improving efficiencies and reducing costs in support of Secretary Gates’ Efficiency Initiative.
  NDIA comments on a proposed Federal Acquisition Rule Change September 7, 2010 (pdf)
  NDIA Letter September 14, 2010 (pdf)
  USD ATL Guidance Memo September 14, 2010 (pdf)
  USD ATL Guidance Roadmap September 14, 2010 (pdf)
  USD ATL Memo to Acquisition Professionals June 28, 2010 (pdf)

• Court rules against government, again, in small business parity August 16, 2010 (pdf)

• Pentagon abandons insourcing effort August 10, 2010 (pdf)

• New law puts contractor performance in the public spotlight August 5, 2010 (pdf)

• Small Business Goal Achievement Fiscal Year 2010 August 2, 2010 (pdf)

• Women's SB Program to Launch Before January 2011 - set asides to be in place for 83 industries August 2010

• New “Improper Payments” Law Likely to Increase the Government’s Audit and Investigation of Government Contractors July 2010 (pdf)

• Supplemental Funding Request Gets Final Approval July, 2010 (pdf)

• SAF/SB Media Summary July 23-29, 2010 (pdf)

• 2010 Edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors

• MLA Government Contracts Alert: Financial Reform Bill Includes FCPA Whistleblower Provision July 26, 2010 (pdf)

• Officials Commit to Disabled Veterans' Businesses July 15, 2010 (pdf)

• AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD): ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments July 13, 2010 (pdf)

• New Rule for Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards Under Federal Contracts July 8, 2010 (pdf)

• A Report of the Heritage Center for Data Analysis
  Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service July 7, 2010 (pdf)

• Administration makes it easier to award vets sole-source contracts July 2, 2010 (pdf)

• 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement June 2010 (pdf) 

• Small Business and Credit: How Small Business Uses Bank Credit, Trade Credit or No Credit June 30, 2010 (pdf)

• Contracting Program "Parity," Recent Court Decision, and Proposed Next Steps June 23, 2010 (pdf)

• Administration wants input on small business concerns June 14, 2010 (pdf)

• Aligning Department of the Navy Contracting Practices June 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Small Business Legislation Introduced during the 111th Congress – January 2009 to January 2010 as of May 2010

• Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights in Government Contracts: What You Don't Know Will Hurt You Part 2: Strategies for Preserving and Protecting IP Rights June 3, 2010 (pdf)

• Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights in Government Contracts: What You Don't Know Will Hurt You Part 1: Understanding Unique IP Rights Issues June 3, 2010 (pdf)

• Advocacy Recommends that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Provide Consideration to Small Business June 1, 2010 (pdf)

• Fact Sheet: Advocacy Recommends that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Provide Consideration to Small Business June 1, 2010 (pdf)

• Government Withholding Relief Coalition Letter to President Obama May 19, 2010 (pdf)

• SAF/SB Media Summary Week of 10-14 May 2010 (pdf)

• Graves Urges Commitment to Expanded Broadband Infrastructure in Rural Communities May 12, 2010 (pdf)

• Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking May 10, 2010 (pdf)

• Fact Sheet: Advocacy Recommends that Labor Department Clarify Provisions of Rule Implementing Executive Order on Federal Service Contracts May 10, 2010 (pdf)

• SAF/SB Media Summary Week of 3-7 May 2010 (pdf)

• Supporting Innovative Business Startups April-May 2010 Small Business Advocate (pdf)

• Contracting program to help the disadvantaged riddled with fraud April 30, 2010 (pdf)

• Acting Chief Counsel for Advocacy Testifies on Federal Efforts to Expand Small Business Internet Access April 27, 2010 (pdf)

• Presidential Memorandum on the Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses April 26, 2010 (pdf)

• Executive Order on the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development April 26, 2010 (pdf)

• Establishing an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses April 26, 2010 (pdf)

• Landrieu Bill Levels the Playing Field for Small Business Contracts March 29, 2010 (pdf)

• CCH Briefiing Health Care Reform Act March 21, 2010 (pdf)

• Court puts HUBZone firms at top of small business pecking order March 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program March 4, 2010 (pdf)

• Senator: Contracting provisions will be passed in next jobs bill March 4, 2010 (pdf)

• Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal of proposed rule March, 2010 (pdf)

• Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program; Proposed Rule March 4, 2010 (pdf)

• Where Do Jobs Come From? New Analysis of Job Gains and Losses from the Office of Advocacy March 3, 2010 (pdf)

• SBA proposes subtraction rule to contracting goals March 1, 2010

• Local Small Business Contractor Prevails In Defense Insourcing Lawsuit February 24, 2010 (pdf)

• Advocacy Efforts under the Regulatory Flexibility Act Saved Small Businesses $7 Billion in FY 2010 February 12, 2010 (pdf)

• VA tightens rules for veterans contracting program February 9, 2010 (pdf)

• Bill would increase oversight of prime-subcontractor relations February 5, 2010 (pdf)

• President orders clampdown on tax-delinquent contractors January 20, 2010 (pdf)

• Procurement reform fever to die down in 2010 January 7, 2010 (pdf)

• Bill Would Amend SBA Size Limits'
  Coverage of ‘Pass-Through’ Businesses
  Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) Jan. 12 introduced a bill to thwart large businesses from using their associations with smaller firms to benefit from preferences designed to aid those firms.
  The Small Business Contracting Protection Act of 2010 (H.R. 4420) would amend the Small Business Act by adding a provision on misrepresentation through the use of a pass-through business. The bill calls on SBA to issue regulations within 180 days of enactment defining the term “pass-through business.”
  The definition is to include one or more of the following as criteria for determining whether an entity is a pass-through business with respect to another business:
  • the business shares a location with the other business;
  • the business shares ordering or personnel systems with the other business;
  • an officer, director, principal, stockholder, managing member, or key employee of the business participates in the business decisions of the other business;
  • equity interest in the business is owned by the other business;
  • the accounts receivable of the business is directly or indirectly controlled by the other business; and
  • the relationship with the business generates more than 50 percent of the income of the other business.
  The bill also would amend the SBA provisions on penalties for misrepresentation of a company's status as a small firm with respect to coverage of situations in which a small firm is used as a pass-through for large corporations.  The bill was referred to the House Small Business Committee.

• On January 28, 2010, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) filed a comment
  letter with the United States Small Business Administration (SBA), discussing small entity concerns with SBA's proposed rulemaking to regulate the 8(a) business development program.
  A copy of Advocacy's letter can be found at
  http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/comments/sba10_0128.html and a fact sheet summarizing this letter at
  http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/comments/factssba10_0128.pdf.
  If you have any questions regarding Advocacy's position on this issue, please
  do not hesitate to contact Major Clark 202-205-6533.
  For more information about the Office of Advocacy, please visit our website at
  http://www.sba.gov/advo/ or telephone 202-205-6533.

• GSA memo requiring ISR and SSRs December 30, 2009 (pdf)

• Contracting Officers are authorized to use the attached deviations from FAR December, 2009 (pdf)

• Democrat proposes raising net worth cap for minority small business program December 14, 2009 (pdf)

• Veterans to receive priority in VA contract awards December 11, 2090 (pdf)

• Veterans to receive priority in VA contract awards December 11, 2009 (pdf)

• GAO ruling draws line on small-biz set-asides December 3, 2009 (pdf)

• 12 ways to level the playing field for small business gov contractors November 9, 2009 (pdf)

• November 4, 2009
  The House Financial Services Committee today approved legislation that would permanently exempt some small businesses from having to comply with provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The panel voted 41-28 for the measure that would beef up protection for securities investors. The panel adopted an amendment that would exempt companies with a market cap of less than $75 million from having to comply with financial reporting provisions of the 2002 Act. That language was opposed by consumer activists but backed by the White House.

• The following legislation was approved by the House on November 3, 2009 by a vote of 382-2.  The bill goes to the Senate for its consideration. 

  Summary of H.R. 3949, Title I:
  Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009 - Veterans Small Business Verification Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from including a small business in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-maintained database of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans until the Secretary has verified that: (1) the small business is owned and controlled by veterans; and (2) if the small business owner claims to be a service-disabled veteran, that such person is a veteran with a service-connected disability.
  Requires (under current law, authorizes) a VA contracting officer to award a contract to a small business owned and controlled by veterans using procedures other than competitive procedures, as long as certain standards are met.
  Extends through 2015 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education.
  

• American Native Corporations
  Government agencies will no longer be able to award sole source contracts to American Native Corporations when the value of the contract exceeds $20 million.  The prohibition may be waived if the contracting officer’s written justification is approved by a senior acquisition official and the written justification is published on the agency and a government wide website (section 811).
  
  
• Panel Considers Exemptions To Sarbanes-Oxley November 3, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The Small Business Advocate November, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Federal Contractor Certification Program, November, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM
  Case Studies Show Fraud and Abuse Allowed Ineligible Firms to Obtain Millions of Dollars in Contracts October, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Insourcing benefits are all smoke and mirrors October 29, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Businesses Are Important Players in U.S. Business and Job Growth October 29, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA 13 CFR Parts 121 and 124, Small Business Size Regulations; 8(a) Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations; Proposed Rule October 28, 2009 (pdf)
  SUMMARY: This rule proposes to make changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) Business Development (8(a) BD) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) programs, and to the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA or Agency) size regulations. Some of the changes involve technical issues such as changing the term ``SIC code'' to ``NAICS code'' to reflect the national conversion to the North American Industry Classification System. Other changes are more substantive and result from SBA's experience in implementing the current regulations.
  For example, SBA has learned through experience that certain of its rules governing the 8(a) BD program are too restrictive and serve to unfairly preclude firms from being admitted to the program. In other cases, SBA has determined that a rule is too expansive or indefinite and has sought to restrict or clarify that rule. In one case wording changes are being proposed to correct past public or agency misinterpretation. Also, new situations have arisen that were not anticipated when the current rules were drafted and the proposed rule seeks to cover those situations. Finally, one of the changes, involving Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHO's), implements a statutory change.
  
• SBA Proposes Revision of Size Standards To Expand Opportunities for Small Businesses, October 26, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Business Size Standards: Size Standards Methodology, October 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  

• HR 3738 IH
  111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  H. R. 3738
  To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish a program for the Small Business Administration to provide financing to support early-stage small businesses in targeted industries, and for other purposes.
  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  October 7, 2009
  Mr. NYE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

• Agencies Fail to Meet Women-Owned Goals for Recovery Act October 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Landrieu, Snowe Express Disappointment Over Removal of Contracting Amendment, October 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Agencies surpass Recovery Act small business contracting goals, October 6, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• 6 priorities for the new OFPP administrator, October 5, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The Small Business Advocate October 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The Conference Agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 extends the SBIR program for one year (v/s 2023 that was in the Senate Bill).  The agreement also extends the SBIR Commercialization Pilot Program for one year (v/s permanent authorization that was in the Senate Bill).
  
  
• Brace Yourself: GAO Slams DCAA for a Second Straight Year September 25, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Study Highlights Importance of Specialized Education for Future Innovative Entrepreneurs, September 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Contractors lament death of partnering September 17, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Secretary Napolitano, Administrator Mills Announce H1N1 Preparedness Guide for Small Businesses September 14, 2009 (pdf)
  
  

• HR 3558 IH
  111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  H. R. 3558
  To allow incumbent contractors to be eligible to re-compete for Government contracts as small businesses, and for other purposes.
  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  September 14, 2009
  Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

  
  
  
• Summary of FY 2010 Defense Appropriations Senate Committee on Appropriations
  September 9, 2009
  
  
•  Summary of FY 2010 Defense Appropriations, Senate Appropriations Committee September 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The La Jolla Conference on Accessing Federal Funding (pdf)
  
  
• Some companies can keep small-biz contracts under House proposal September 15, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• DoD Response to Contractor In-Sourcing July 31, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• 5 proposed rules that could rock the acquisition community September 3, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Frequently Asked Questions September 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA Rules Continue to Impact Ability of Small Businesses to Raise Capital August 25, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Memorandum Opinion for Sara D. Lipscomb, General Counsel, Small Business Administration August 21, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA and Commerce will expand outreach to small and minority-owned firms August 19, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA News Release August 18, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SAF Small Business Media Summary August 17 -21, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBIR GAO Report August 6, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• HUBZone Companies would not get priority over 8(a) companies July 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Senate Deal Will Level Small Business Contract Preferences July 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Businesses Won Record $93.3 Billion in Federal Contracts  August 21, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• GSA plans more small businesses contracts August 14, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Senate panel to review federal contracting databases August 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SBA points to progress combating abuse of HUBZone program July 30, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Vets could get edge on no-bid contracts at VA July 20, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Notice of ARC loan program interest rate June 10, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• House Bill Would Boost Penalties For Misrepresenting Small Business Size June 9, 2009(pdf)
  
  
• NASA Small Business Utilization Subfactor June 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• NASA Procurement Notice 04-31 (pdf)
  
  
• Navy awards nearly $500 million in task orders without competition May 13, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Recovery Act Contracting Opportunities May 4, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Small Businesses Brace for Tax Battle April 27, 2009
  
  
• House committee starts working on SBIR reauthorization April 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• RHINOCORPS LTD. CO. v. THE UNITED STATES  April 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  

• HR 1842 IH
  111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  H. R. 1842
  To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Administration's entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.
  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  April 1, 2009
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

• Small firms worry Alaska native corporations will crowd them out March 27, 2009
  
  
• There's Safety in Military Contracts March 26, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Senator Solicits Advice For New Contracting Panel March 20, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• Defense extends suspension of price adjustments for small disadvantaged firms February 17, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• GAO Report on Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (PDF)
  
  
• Defense Procurement Case Cited in Delay of Women's Contracting Program (PDF)
  
  
• Obama Taps New SBA Head December 19, 2008 (PDF)
  Notes that Senator Landrieu will be chair of Senate SB Committee
  
  
• Women's Small Business Program Postponed again January 12, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Senate's new small business leader says SBA deserves Cabinet status December 17, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• FOIA-Procurement Database at GSA is an SBA Record September 23, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• Final Rule - Name Change for SADBU September 23, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• GSA to Build Panel on Service-Disabled Vets September 23, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• S 3001 Kerry Amendment on SBIR September 16, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• HR 5819 EH SBIR Reauthorization September 16, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• SBA Adjusts Size Standards (PDF) (September 2, 2008)
  
  
• End of the Year Factors Impacting Government (PDF) (September 2, 2008)
  
  
• Articles on Protest (PDF) (September 2, 2008)
  
  
• Navy Opens Contract to Small Firm (July 25, 2008) (PDF)
  
  
• FEB08_GC_Report_library (PDF) (July 9,2008)
  
  
• Acquisition Provisions Attached to the Emergency Supplemental Bill (PDF) (July 8, 2008)
  
  
• Commerce Official Nominated to Head SBA (PDF) (June 26, 2008)
  
  
• NDIA comments to the Small Business Administration on the proposed rule to limit contract bundling and expand the access of small business to federal contracting opportunities (3-28-03) (PDF)
  
  
• NDIA comments to the FAR Secretariat on the proposed rule to limit contract bundling and expand the access of small business to federal contracting opportunities (3-28-03) (PDF)
  
  
• NDIA comments on the potential negative impacts of the Buy American provisions contained in the House-passed version of the FY02 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1588) (July 10, 2003)
  
  
  
• The final FAR rule on contract bundling was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2003 (PDF). The rule revises the definition of bundling to include multiple award contract vehicles and task and delivery orders under such vehicles. The rule requires procuring activities to coordinate proposed acquisition strategies involving awards above specified thresholds with the Small Business Specialist. It also gives agency OSDBUs certain oversight responsibilities, such as reviewing acquisition strategies that include contract bundling deemed unnecessary or unjustified (October 20, 2003)
  
  
• Changes to Contract Bundling Regulations (12-11-03) (PDF). This article, authored by Susan Ebner of Buchanan Ingersoll, PC summarizes the changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations pertaining to contract bundling.  Ms. Ebner is a member of NDIA's Small Business Division Executive Committee.   This article is reproduced for NDIA's website with the permission of Buchanan Ingersoll, PC.  DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of NDIA or its member companies. 
  
  
• DOD Releases Annual Report on "Procurement from Small and other Business Firms" (7-30-04) (PDF).
  
  
  
  
  

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