Index to Set-Aside Alert 8(a) program GSA Plans New 8(a) STARS 1/23, 2 8(a) STARS Contract Gets Clean Bill of Health 4/17, 2 GAO: HUBZones Take Precedence Over 8(a) firms 5/15, 1 Alaska 8(a) Companies Face Congressional Scrutiny 5/29, 1 SBA Modifies 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Requirements 5/29, 3 8(a) Applications Moving Faster With New System 7/10, 2 Compensation/Withdrawals in 8(a) Companies 7/10, 3 Senator Suggests Limits on Alaska 8(a) Contracts 7/24, 1 Agencies Seek Competition in 8(a) Contracts 8/7, 2 Senators Spar Over Alaska Native Contracting 8/7, 3 IG Cites Irregularities on Sole-Source 8(a) Contracts 9/25, 2 New Threat to 8(a) Owners: Making Too Much Money 9/25, 3 SBA Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of 8(a) Rules 11/6, 1 New Restrictions Planned for 8(a) Joint Ventures 11/6, 1 Minority Business Star Fights Fraud Allegations 11/6, 3 Former 8(a) Firm Is Sold For $180 Million 12/4, 3 SBA Sets Public Meetings on 8(a) Rule Changes 12/4, 1 SBA Sets Roadshow To Hear Feedback on 8(a) Rules 12/18, 1 Acquisition reform Defense Secretary To Push Acquisition Reform 2/6, 2 President’s Budget Outlines Contracting Changes 3/6, 1 Experts Offer Acquisition Advice 3/6, 4 Obama To Overhaul “Broken” Procurement System 3/20, 1 Industry Weighs in on Obama Contracting Plans 6/26, 1 Report Urges Caution on Insourcing 6/26, 2 House Panel Backs Moratorium on Job Competitions 6/26, 2 Administration: Cut Contract Spending, Outsourcing 8/7, 1 Industry Group Sounds Alarm on Insourcing 9/25, 1 Acquisition Reform Moves Fall Flat in Senate 11/6, 2 Official: DOD Needs To Balance Federal Workers, Contractors 12/18, 2 Acquisition workforce The New Crowd: Obama’s Nominees Outline Plans 1/23, 2 Adler, Peter (columnist) Back to Basics: Teaming Agreement Considerations 1/23, 3 Alaska Native Corporations Alaska 8(a) Companies Face Congressional Scrutiny 5/29, 1 Senator Suggests Limits on Alaska 8(a) Contracts 7/24, 1 Senators Spar Over Alaska Native Contracting 8/7, 3 New Restrictions Planned for 8(a) Joint Ventures 11/6, 1 Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract GSA Announces Alliant Small Business Awards 1/9, 3 GSA Awards Alliant Contracts, Round Two 4/3, 4 Allston, Doug (columnist) An Offer You Can’t Refuse 1/9, 2 Why Business Development Is Not For BD Staff Only 6/12, 3 Army GAO: Army Should Scrap Job Competition 11/6, 14 Award Fee Contracts Award Fees: “Satisfactory” Is Good Enough 7/10, 1 New Rules Planned on Award Fees 8/7, 2 Basile, Tom (columnist) Why Develop a Standard Pipeline Format? 12/4, 3 Budget, Federal Same Old October Song: New Projects on Hold 10/9, 2 Clark, Wayne (columnist) Dealing With Contract Changes 5/15, 3 Size Standards: Your Ticket to Set-Asides 11/20, 3 Conflict of Interest Conflict of Interest Rule Aims at Contractors 11/20, 1 Contract Bundling Defense Bill Would Shed Light on Bundling 10/23, 2 Cost-plus, cost reimbursement contracts As Cost-Plus Contracts Grow, President Says No 2/6, 1 Counterfeit Products Regulators Seek Ideas on Anti-Counterfeiting Rule 6/12, 2 Debarment and suspension “Shocking:” Debarred Contractors Still on the Job 3/6, 2 Defense Department The New Crowd: Obama’s Nominees Outline Plans 1/23, 2 DOD Targets Revolving Door 1/23, 2 Defense Secretary To Push Acquisition Reform 2/6, 2 Defense Department Lists Stimulus Projects 4/3, 1 Defense Is Pressed to Halt Job Competitions 4/3, 4 Defense Secretary Takes Aim at Service Contractors 4/17, 1 Defense IG Cites Errors in Multiple Award Contracts 4/17, 2 Defense Dept. Acquisition Workforce Will Grow 5/1, 3 Defense Finance Agency Begins Insourcing Push 5/1, 2 GAO: Bid Protests Are Not Hindering DOD Projects 5/1, 2 Defense Bill Would Shed Light on Bundling 10/23, 2 DOD To Review Support Services Contracts 12/4, 2 Official: DOD Needs To Balance Federal Workers, Contractors 12/18, 2 EAGLE contract DHS Outlines Plans for New EAGLE Set-Aside 2/20, 2 Homeland Security Dept. Weighs EAGLE II Strategy 4/3, 2 Economic stimulus (Recovery Act) New President, Congress Will Turn on Money Faucet 1/23, 1 Federal Spending Spree Is Set To Begin 2/20, 1 Stimulus Cuts Taxes, Boosts SBA Loans 2/20, 4 Challenge to Agencies: Spend Quickly, But Wisely 3/6, 2 RFPs, Dollars Start Flowing from Recovery Act 3/6, 1 New Contract Opportunities Limited in Stimulus Plan 3/20, 1 Defense Department Lists Stimulus Projects 4/3, 1 Recovery Act Requires Reports From Contractors 4/3, 1 Recovery Act Gives Little Stimulus For Small Firms 5/29, 1 Report: Contracting Boom Will Be Short-Lived 6/12, 1 Small, Local Companies Lag on Stimulus Contracts 6/12, 1 Economic Stimulus Contracts on a Slow Track 7/24, 2 Agencies Seek Competition in 8(a) Contracts 8/7, 2 Obama Admin. Plans Outreach to Small Business 8/28, 1 Recovery Act Contractors Must Report Spending 8/28, 1 Transportation Dept. Pushes Recovery Act Projects 9/11, 2 Biden Sets Plans for Economic Stimulus Spending 10/9, 1 Web Watch: Recovery.gov 2.0 10/9, 3 Contractors Report Job Gains in Stimulus Work 10/23, 4 Obama Leans on Bankers to Ease Credit Crunch 12/18, 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Officials Tipping Their Hand on Contracts: IG 9/25, 4 Ethics Conflict of Interest Rule Aims at Contractors 11/20, 1 Contractors Required to Report Overpayments 11/20, 2 Obama: Report Overpayments 12/4, 3 E-Verify Trade Groups Challenge E-Verify in Court 1/9, 1 Bush Admin. Delays E-Verify, Women’s Set-Aside 1/23, 1 New Homeland Security Chief: “I Believe in E-Verify” 2/6, 1 E-Verify Rule Is Postponed Again For More Study 5/1, 1 Administration Further Delays E-Verify Rule 6/12, 2 Obama Administration Backs E-Verify Rule 7/24, 2 E-Verify Rule Takes Effect; Businesses Will Appeal 9/11, 1 Fallon, Bill (columnist) Compensation/Withdrawals in 8(a) Companies 7/10, 3 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) FAR Changes: Commercial Services, Pass-Throughs 10/23, 2 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) GAO Rejects Misclassified Contract 10/9, 3 Franco, Antonio R. (columnist) Bonding Assistance for Construction Contracts: The Affiliation Problem 2/6, 3 New Threat to 8(a) Owners: Making Too Much Money 9/25, 3 General Services Administration (GSA) GSA Plans New 8(a) STARS 1/23, 2 GSA Plan Threatens Office Products Vendors 3/20, 2 GSA Awards Alliant Contracts, Round Two 4/3, 4 Former Official Picked for GSA 4/17, 2 8(a) STARS Contract Gets Clean Bill of Health 4/17, 2 Record Payment In Pricing Case 4/17, 3 Senate Panel Recommends GSA Nominee 6/12, 4 Upgrade of Procurement Data Systems Is Set to Begin 10/9, 4 GSA Schedules Rule: Contractor Evaluations Required on Orders 7/10, 1 Goals, procurement Bill Aims For Accurate Procurement Data 5/1, 1 Obama Admin. Plans Outreach to Small Business 8/28, 1 Agencies Fall Short of Small Business Goals 8/28, 2 Upgrade of Procurement Data Systems Is Set to Begin 10/9, 3 Hewitt, Devon E. (columnist) Protecting Intellectual Property Rights 10/23, 3 Homeland Security Department The New Crowd: Obama’s Nominees Outline Plans 1/23, 2 Homeland Security Plans Construction Set-Asides 2/6, 2 DHS Outlines Plans for New EAGLE Set-Aside 2/20, 2 Homeland Security Dept. Weighs EAGLE II Strategy 4/3, 2 Homeland Security to Review Services Contracts 6/12, 2 SDV Firms Chosen for Homeland Security Work 6/26, 1 IG Cites Irregularities on Sole-Source 8(a) Contracts 9/24, 2 HUBZone program Auditors Find Wider Evidence of HUBZone Fraud 4/3, 2 New HUBZone Rule Is Proposed 4/17, 2 GAO: HUBZones Take Precedence Over 8(a) firms 5/15, 1 SBA Cites Progress In Combating HUBZone Waste, Fraud and Abuse 8/7, 2 HUBZone Firms May Count Part-Time Workers 11/6, 14 Insourcing Defense Finance Agency Begins Insourcing Push 5/1, 2 Sen. Mikulski Pushes Insourcing Legislation 5/15, 2 Industry Group Sounds Alarm on Insourcing 9/25, 1 Agencies To Consider Insourcing Service Contracts 12/18, 1 Intellectual Property Protecting Intellectual Property Rights 10/23, 3 Jackson, Craig Minority Business Star Fights Fraud Allegations 11/6, 3 Kargahi, M. Nan (columnist) Recordkeeping Is Vital for a Bank Loan Application 3/20, 3 Koprince, Steven (columnist) Bonding Assistance for Construction Contracts: The Affiliation Problem 2/6, 3 Past Performance: 3 Ways for New Businesses to Improve Their Scores 7/24, 3 Lewis, Richard W. (columnist) A Financing Primer for Government Contractors 4/17, 3 Love, Duane (columnist) Developing a Tactical Sales Plan 11/6, 3 Luciano, Tom (columnist) Capture Planning Do’s and Don’ts 10/9, 3 Multiple award contracts Regulators To Consider Set-Asides on Task Orders 5/15, 1 NASA NASA Backs Technology Research 12/4, 2 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Seeks IT Sources for GWAC 12/4, 2 National Park Service The New Crowd: Obama’s Nominees Outline Plans 1/23, 2 ffice of Management and Budget; Office of Federal Procurement Policy Career Federal Lawyer Named to Procurement Post 10/9, 2 Easy Ride Predicted for Procurement Policy Nominee 11/20, 2 Parity rule House Panel Will Tackle Parity Rule 2/6, 4 GAO: HUBZones Take Precedence Over 8(a) firms 5/15, 1 Parity Rule Stands While Review Is Underway 7/24, 1 Senate Backs Parity Rule; Final Vote in September 8/7, 1 Justice Department Says SBA Parity Rule Stands 9/11, 1 Congress Poised to Endorse Parity Rule for Set-Asides 10/23, 1 Past Performance Past Performance: 3 Ways for New Businesses to Improve Their Scores 7/24, 3 New Database a One-Stop for Contractor Information 9/11, 2 Pines, Al (columnist) Proposal Development and What It Takes to Win 12/18, 3 Recovery Act: see Economic stimulus Sales and Marketing Capture Planning Do’s and Don’ts 10/9, 3 Developing a Tactical Sales Plan 11/6, 3 Why Develop a Standard Pipeline Format? 12/4, 3 Proposal Development and What It Takes to Win 12/18, 3 Security clearances Administration Cites Progress on Security Clearances 1/9, 2 Salaries for Cleared Workers Rise Slowly 5/29, 2 Administration Cites Progress on Security Clearances 9/25, 1 Service contracts Obama Gives New Rights to Contractor Employees 2/6, 2 Landscape Is Changing for Professional Services 2/20, 2 Defense Secretary Takes Aim at Service Contractors 4/17, 1 New Federal CIO and Congress Eying Overhaul of IT Procurement 5/1, 3 Homeland Security to Review Services Contracts 6/12, 2 DOD To Review Support Services Contracts 12/4, 2 Agencies To Consider Insourcing Service Contracts 12/18, 1 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses Clarification Proposed for SDV Set-Asides 5/29, 2 SDV Firms Chosen for Homeland Security Work 6/26, 1 SDV Program: “No Controls” to Catch Cheaters 12/4, 1 Set-Aside Contracts Opportunities: Top 10 Set-Aside Contracts for 2010 10/9, 1 Sierra Monolithics Inc. Former 8(a) Firm Is Sold For $180 Million 12/4, 3 Size standards SBA To Move on Size Standards, 8(a) Overhaul 5/15, 2 SBA Launches Dramatic Makeover of Size Standards 10/23, 1 Size Standards: Your Ticket to Set-Asides 11/20, 3 Small Business Administration (SBA) and SBA loans Obama Picks Maine Businesswoman to Lead SBA 1/9, 2 Obama Moves to Thaw Small-Business Lending 3/20 2 Auditors Find Wider Evidence of HUBZone Fraud 4/3, 2 Senate Confirms Mills as SBA Administrator 4/17, 1 New HUBZone Rule Is Proposed 4/17, 2 SBA To Move on Size Standards, 8(a) Overhaul 5/15, 1 8(a) Applications Moving Faster With New System 7/10, 2 Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Venture Capital Is Issue in Innovation Research 5/1, 2 Study Backs Venture Capital in Small Business R&D 5/29, 2 House, Senate At Odds on Research Funding 6/26, 2­ House, Senate Pass Dueling Small Business R&D Bills 7/24, 2 R&D Funds Available For Clean Energy Projects 8/28, 2 NASA Backs Technology Research 12/4, 2 Task Order Contracts Rule: Contractor Evaluations Required on Orders 7/10, 1 Time & Materials Contracts GAO: T&M Contract Rules Widely Misunderstood 7/10, 2 Transportation Department Transportation Dept. Pushes Recovery Act Projects 9/11, 2 Tysinger, Glenda (columnist) Business Issues: Auditors Monitor Troubled Firms 3/6, 3 Proposed Changes on Contract Closeout & Incurred Cost Submissions 9/11, 3 Wangemann, Mary Ann (columnist) Change Your Perspective 4/3, 3 Web Watch Don’t Waste Your Time 9/11, 2 GSA Reaching for the Cloud 9/25, 2 Recovery.gov 2.0 10/9, 3 Twitter For Procurement Reform 11/20, 2 Procurement Website Needs Update 12/18, 3 Williams, Jonathan T. (columnist) SBA Modifies 8(a) Mentor/Protégé Requirements 5/29, 3 Woman-owned businesses Bush Admin. Delays E-Verify, Women’s Set-Aside 1/23, 1 Congress Halts Limited Set-Aside for Women 3/20, 2