By Gloria Larkin An important highlight in the history of women in government contracting was recently celebrated in Silver Spring. The event was for women business owners from across the District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia region who gathered at the Silver Spring Civic Center to trumpet the 10th anniversary of ChallengeHER, a national partnership between Women Impacting... Read More
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New DOD Mentor-Protégé Program Proposed Changes
By Gloria Larkin The Department of Defense recently issued a proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2023. This would permanently authorize and change the DOD Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP), a pilot that was established during the Gulf War and... Read More
Kick the Can Has Ramifications for Government Contractors
By Gloria Larkin Both houses of Congress sent the short-term government funding bill to President Biden who signed it on November 16, 2023, avoiding a potential government shutdown and pushing into next year the next showdown on funding the government. Biden’s approval came a day after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the stop-gap spending bill. The... Read More
Survey: Small businesses, government brace for another government shutdown
By Gloria Larkin Many of America’s small business owners are, simply put, worried. These entrepreneurs, who employ nearly half of all U.S. private sector workers, are worried about the still looming government shutdown, the ongoing debacle that’s been driven in part by disagreements concerning federal government spending. The first shutdown was averted late on... Read More