Cybersecurity
SBA slow to improve IT security, watchdog says
Lawmakers are seeking an overhaul of IT security management at the Small Business Administration, in the wake of a critical Government Accountability Office report.
Digital Government
How the Data Act reveals what agencies don't know
Can centralized, standardized looks at agencywide data uncover challenges and opportunities that have always been lurking?
Acquisition
Small business contracts: Digging into agencies' performance
The percentage of contracts going to small businesses varies widely from agency to agency -- and the patterns for specific small-business types are even more interesting.
Acquisition
Revealing the RATs and scoring the agencies
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Proposed rule change could hit small IT businesses
An SBA plan would reclassify IT firms with annual sales of more than $27.5 million, making them ineligible for small business preferences.
People
Risky business
SBA's innovation office invests in solutions to problems that don't yet exist – like the 2007 seed funding for research into an effective Ebola treatment.
Acquisition
Washington Technology announces 2014 Fast 50
For some firms, at least, the federal market is booming.
Acquisition
Lawmakers push consolidation of small business preference process
Under current law, the VA runs its own Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program, and the SBA handles those duties for all other agencies.
Acquisition
Industry, agencies talk small business obstacles
Programs aimed at cutting through the weeds of the procurement process can help, but many small vendors feel other federal efforts are stacked against them.
Acquisition
Contreras-Sweet sworn in at SBA
Former banker and California state official was confirmed on March 27 and formally sworn in on April 7.
Acquisition
Two bills look to give small business an edge in contracting
Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves hopes that putting teeth in data reporting requirements will give smaller firms a better chance to compete for federal contracts.
Acquisition
Some small firms doubt efficacy of SBA assistance
The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program fails to prepare potential vendors for the competitive environment of federal contracting, says a new study.
Digital Government
Congress questions SBA spending
House Small Business chairman voices concern that "core functions" could suffer while money is spent on unnecessary travel and activities.
People
SBA leader to step down
SBA's Karen Mills announces she will leave her post when her successor is confirmed.
Acquisition
Can RFP-EZ really change procurement?
This Presidential Innovations Fellows project aims to help contracting officers and small businesses alike. Now agencies will see whether it works in real life.
Digital Government
SBA takes oversight of mentor-protege programs
The Defense Department alone is exempt from a new law that puts a new spotlight on agency-run programs intended to aid small businesses.
Acquisition
GSA wins award for small-business contracting
The Small Business Administration honored GSA for its success in awarding contracts to small firms in various categories.
Digital Government
NASA, SBA use Google+ to praise small business
Small businesses have played a key role in the Mars Curiosity mission and are a core part of the space agency's strategy, according to its administrator.
Cybersecurity
Found in translation: How one person unites a leadership team
An agency's business leaders speak a different language than its technology heads, but to accomplish the agency's mission goals they must communicate. At the intersection of these contentious constituents there is often one person providing translation.
People
New Deputy CIO sees enterprise architecture as SBA's path to modernization
Chase Garwood steps into the Small Business Administration's ongoing efforts to upgrade legacy systems.
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