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GSA hits the play button on Polaris by finalizing solicitation updates

The General Services Administration lifted its two-month pause on the small business IT services governmentwide acquisition contract after updating the…

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Air Force wants to show airmen how to fuel themselves up

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Where exactly do most of federal contracting dollars actually go?

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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

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In the relatively small world of government contracting, it pays not to be a jerk

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Who says small innovators can’t get big federal contracts?

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Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova speaks with refugees outside a processing center in Lviv, Ukraine on March 22, 2022. She has stationed prosecutors at refugee centers across the country and at border crossings to extract evidence from millions of displaced Ukrainians and register them as victims potentially eligible for compensation. (AP Photo/Erika Kinetz)

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After discussions with stakeholders and conducting additional market research, GSA announced it has finalized a small business acquisition strategy for…

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Looking at all the rules, no wonder small business contractors base is shrinking

Longtime federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.

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Anything can have DEIA if agencies look hard enough

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If agencies only measure diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility through hiring numbers they risk overlooking other, equally important gaps in their systems and policies.

Small business contracting

GSA hits the play button on Polaris by finalizing solicitation updates

Air Force wants to show airmen how to fuel themselves up

Where exactly do most of federal contracting dollars actually go?

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

GSA is out with suggested corrections to $50B Polaris RFP

In the relatively small world of government contracting, it pays not to be a jerk

Who says small innovators can’t get big federal contracts?

Federal employees can now send portion of their pay to help Ukrainian refugees

SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many small firms

The pulse of small business contracting

Credit where credit is due

Looking at all the rules, no wonder small business contractors base is shrinking

Anything can have DEIA if agencies look hard enough