Donna Peebles, associate administrator of 8(a) business development (BD) at the Small Business Administration (SBA), works to provide effective business development tools to procurement-ready small business firms seeking 8(a) certification and mentor protégé agreements.
Read More »GovConWire’s 2020 BD Trends Forum on Aug. 27th Adds Dr. Donna Peebles, SBA Associate Administrator for 8(a) Business Development, as Expert Panelist
Dr. Donna Peebles, associate administrator of 8(a) business development (BD) and senior executive (SES) with Small Business Administration (SBA) will serve on the expert panel during GovConWire’s 2020 BD Trends Forum on Thursday, August 27th. Click here to register for the 2020 BD Trends Forum on Aug. 27th.
Read More »GSA Completes Phase 2 of MAS Consolidation; Emily Murphy, Stephanie Shutt Quoted
The General Services Administration (GSA) has successfully completed the second phase of its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) consolidation to modernize federal acquisition, the administration reported on Monday.
Read More »DARPA Science Office to Host Proposer’s Webinar in June
An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will sponsor a webinar event that aims to engage with industry on certain scientific and technical interests. The Defense Sciences Office invites potential proposers to take part in the Discover DSO Day or D3 webinar from June 24 to 25 and learn more about DSO's areas of interest, DARPA said Monday.
Read More »DoD Hosts Events to Protect Small Firms From Adversarial Capital; Jennifer Santos Quoted
The Department of Defense has increased engagement with small businesses through webinars, virtual Trusted Capital Marketplace activities and regular teleconferences with trade groups to protect such businesses from “adversarial capital” offered by foreign rivals during the coronavirus pandemic, FCW reported Monday.
Read More »Andrew Dugan, CTO of Centurylink, Jonathan Spalter President and CEO of USTelecom, to Speak at COVID-19 Network Performance Webinar
Andrew Dugan, chief technology officer (CTO) at CenturyLink, and Jonathan Spalter, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of USTelecom, will speak on the COVID-19 Network Performance – Designed for Demand, a virtual conversation with to discuss the shifts in network performance due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »CMMC Accreditation Body to Host ‘National Conversation’ Webinars
The accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program will hold a series of webinars starting April 6 to discuss details about third-party assessment organizations and other topics about CMMC, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Read More »GSA to Include Earth Observation Services SIN on IT Schedule 70
The General Services Administration plans to incorporate a new special item number for Earth observation platforms and services into the Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle by early June. GSA said Friday the inclusion of the Earth Observation Solutions SIN in IT Schedule 70 seeks to provide government agencies a “one-stop-shop” for satellite …
Read More »National Technical Information Service Seeks Joint Venture Partners for Federal Data Platform Dev’t Effort
The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service has asked companies, nonprofit and research organizations to submit proposals for the development of platforms and services that aim to streamline federal data collection, interoperability and analysis. NTIS said in a notice posted June 15 on the Federal Register selected organizations will collaborate …
Read More »Tiffany Hixson: GSA’s Consolidated Professional Services Contract Vehicle Goes Live
The General Services Administration has consolidated eight acquisition contracts for professional services into a new single contract vehicle that opened for business Oct. 1. Tiffany Hixson, a regional commissioner and professional services category executive at GSA, wrote in a blog post published Thursday the agency sought to cut down on contract …
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