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  • Small Business Administration Asks Industry to Develop Cyber Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Business Administration Asks Industry to Develop Cyber Training Program

    The Small Business Administration has called on vendors to help train small companies on cybersecurity through cyber tools and courses, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes the SBA issued a request for information to solicit proposals from companies that can develop an interactive cybersecurity training as part of the agency’s 8(a) small business development […] More

  • DoD Seeks Proposals for Wearable Antenna Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Proposals for Wearable Antenna Development Program

    The Defense Department has asked industry to submit proposals for a three-phase contract that aims to research and develop wearable antenna systems for integration with soldiers’ multi-frequency band radios. DoD issued the solicitation for the Multi-Band Body Wearable Antenna initiative as part of the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research program, according to a […] More

  • Eileen Rivera Named Harris Senior Marketing Executive - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eileen Rivera Named Harris Senior Marketing Executive

    Eileen Rivera, formerly vice president of global marketing and communications for healthcare services at Harris Corp., has been appointed global marketing and communications executive of the company. She was most recently responsible for Harris’ marketing and branding programs meant to promote the company’s commercial healthcare services in the U.S. and worldwide. Rivera previously served as president […] More

  • SBA Picks Orbital ATK for Tibbetts Small Business Research Award; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Picks Orbital ATK for Tibbetts Small Business Research Award; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a Tibbetts Small Business Innovative Research Award from the Small Business Administration in recognition of the company’s work on an air-to-surface tactical missile platform. “The [Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile] program is an excellent example of how partnering between industry, the U.S. Navy and SBA can leverage the innovation and technology generated by small […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Division Wins SBA Eisenhower Award; Cynthia Hyland Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Division Wins SBA Eisenhower Award; Cynthia Hyland Comments

    A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman has won the 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence from the Small Business Administration in recognition of the company’s efforts to provide small businesses opportunities to serve as subcontractors and suppliers. SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet presented the award on May 8 to the global supplier diversity program-office at Northrop […] More

  • ManTech to Mentor Beacon Systems on Mgmt, Business Development; Karla Matthews Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Mentor Beacon Systems on Mgmt, Business Development; Karla Matthews Comments

    ManTech International has agreed to mentor Beacon Systems Inc. on management, business development and process enhancement areas. ManTech will advise BeaconGov on general management and strategic planning to help the woman-owned small business grow its contracting base and mature its systems, Beacon Systems said Wednesday. “We strongly support our small business partners and the mentor-protege programs, […] More

  • Deltek's Kevin Plexico: SBA, State Dept, SEC Increased Contract Spending in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Kevin Plexico: SBA, State Dept, SEC Increased Contract Spending in 2014

    This year marks the first increase in overall federal contract spending since 2010, Deltek‘s Kevin Plexico wrote in a Washington Post piece published Sunday. Plexico, vice president of information solutions at Deltek, estimates the departments of State and Commerce, Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission increased their spend on contracts by more than 20 percent […] More

  • POGO to Staff Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton; Debby Munoz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    POGO to Staff Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton; Debby Munoz Comments

    Personnel on the Go has signed a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to staff Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton with commercial drivers, dispatchers, forklift operators and transportation and clerical support. The company said Wednesday it will help the military base support Marines across Arizona, California and Nevada for a contract period of five and a half years. Debby Munoz, president […] More

  • Deltek: FY 2014 to See 1K Contractors Leave SBA Business Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: FY 2014 to See 1K Contractors Leave SBA Business Development Program

    A Deltek study says approximately 1,100 contractors have exited or are scheduled to leave the Small Business Administration‘s 8(a) business development program in fiscal year 2014, the Washington Post reported April 14. Kathleen Sievers, a Deltek research manager, writes that those companies hold almost $5 billion in combined set-aside task order contracts that will expire […] More

  • Louis Berger to Serve as Cogstone Business Mentor; Jess Commerford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger to Serve as Cogstone Business Mentor; Jess Commerford Comments

    The Louis Berger Group Inc. has been approved to serve as mentor of Cogstone Resource Management Inc. under the Small Business Administration‘s mentor-protégé program. Louis Berger will work to train and assist Cogstone in technical and developmental areas with the goal of helping that company grow its technologies, operations and business in the U.S., Louis […] More

  • LMI, Premier Group Partner for SBA Mentor-Protege Program; Tripp Horne Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI, Premier Group Partner for SBA Mentor-Protege Program; Tripp Horne Comments

    LMI will mentor Premier Group Advisors through a mentor-protege program run by the Small Business Administration as Premier seeks to further build up its federal contracting activities. Through the mentorship deal, LMI intends to counsel Premier on governmental program management in areas such as training, strategic communications, infrastructure, human capital development and sustainability, LMI said Tuesday. “We are […] More