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| December 29, 2021 | SDVOSB Federal Contracting Goal Could Rise from 3% to 5% with New Congressional Bill | In honor of Veterans Day, a congressional bill, H.R.5953 was introduced by United States Representatives Trey ...Read more |
| December 3, 2021 | White House Begins Implementing Reforms to Increase SDB Procurement | The White House released a fact sheet on Thursday detailing five reforms as “the first step towards meeting the President’s goal of ensuring that 15 percent of federal contracts go to SDBs by 2 ...Read more |
| November 26, 2021 | SDVOSBs Get Contract Set-Asides with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | The Small Business Office of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defence Command (USASMDC) has launched its first service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) Set Aside contract program. < ...Read more |
| November 12, 2021 | Wisconsin Veteran Business Owners Seek Action | The Wisconsin State Legislature created the Supplier Diversity Program and in 2014 set a goal of awarding one percent of state contracts to veteran-owned businesses. That goal has never been ...Read more |
| October 1, 2021 | Need to Procure a Small Business? There’s an App for That | The app features a map of Virginia that shows the locations of vendors that match whatever keyword you plug in. We tested it with the search term “concrete” and were shown a busy constellation ...Read more |
| August 26, 2021 | EPA Creates Diversity Task Force, Will Spend More With DBEs | Earlier this month, an internal EPA email was obtained by E&E news. In it, Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe told employees of the agency that a “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (D ...Read more |
| August 20, 2021 | Contract Awarded for $840M VA Hospital in Kentucky | The 910,115-square-foot medical center will be built by Turner Construction and Walsh Construction as a joint venture. It will feature 104 beds, a facility for female veterans, two parking structur ...Read more |
| July 6, 2021 | New Jersey Legislators Push Veteran Contracting Bill | The package includes a number of provisions that would benefit veterans outside of contracting, but one piece of legislation being pushed by Senator Vin Gopal (D), Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling (D), ...Read more |
| June 10, 2021 | SBA Gives University of Maryland $400K for New Vet Biz Training Center | The funding is being given out from the Small Business Administration (SBA)’s Office of Veteran Business Development towards the University of Maryland’s Division of Research. It will be used t ...Read more |
| June 1, 2021 | Veteran Slams SBA’s EIDL Program, Wants to Talk to Manager | This is a topic we at Contractor News have been monitoring for some time as small businesses owners on social media have tried to use what little voice they have to sound the alarm about the SBA’ ...Read more |