Posts Tagged ‘ federal contracting ’

HUBZone: Yes, But Does It Work?

May 26th, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Research

Believe it or not, occasionally, the federal government checks back with a program to see if it’s working. Case in point: last week, the SBA Office of Advocacy released research that evaluates the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program for its impacts and the persistence of such impacts on the targeted communities. The evaluation found, [...]

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Will Government Buyers Finally Face Micros?

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Operations

If you want to talk small business policy, one perpetual issue is small businesses and federal procurement. Unfortunately, federal procurement is a perpetual issue because procurement officers assume microbusinesses can’t fill a government contract and most microbusinesses don’t want to put themselves through the paperwork-intensive, complicated process of selling to the feds. But how is [...]

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