Index to Set-Aside Alert, January-December 2008 8(a) program Parity, Not Clarity, In Proposed Set-Aside Rule, 3/21 p. 1. Legal Issues: Parity For 8(a), SDV, HUBZone Firms, 3/21 p. 3. Higher Net Worth Limit Sought, 6/13 p. 2. IG Finds Lax Oversight Of Alaska 8(a) Contracts, 7/11 p. 2. Alaska Firms Suspended Over Improper Payments, 8/29 p. 1. 8(a) Graduate Honored by SBA, 9/12 p. 5. GAO Investigators Probe 8(a), SDV Contracting, 11/7 p. 2. Ruling Threatens 8(a) Program, Unless Congress Acts, 11/21 p. 1. Congressman Supports “Fix” To Affirmative Action Program, 12/5 p. 2. Acquisition Workforce Survey: Fearful Acquisition Workers Play It Safe, 12/5 p. 2. Adler, Peter (columnist) Back to Basics: Help Your Customer Help You, 2/22 p. 3. Back to Basics: Three Little Words, 3/7 p. 3. Air Force Air Force Begins Consolidating Contracting Shops, 1/11 p. 2. Senators Want New Probe of Air Force Contract, 5/2 p. Air Force Pushes “Beyond Goals” for Small Firms, 5/16 p. 2. Alaska Native Corporations Black Chamber, Alaska 8(a)’s Make Peace, 6/13 p. 1. IG Finds Lax Oversight Of Alaska 8(a) Contracts, 7/11 p. 2. Alaska Firms Suspended Over Improper Payments, 8/29 p. 1. Alliant, Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contracts Judge Rules Alliant Awards Are “Arbitrary, Capricious,” 3/21 p. Alliant GWACs On Hold After Court Decision, 4/4 p. 1. Allston, Doug (columnist) Opinion: Surviving the Coming Downturn in Contracting, 11/21 p. 3. American Small Business League Advocates Sue for Access to Contract Data, 2/22 p. 2. Army Army Prepares IT Set-Aside, 1/25, p. 2. Army Overhauls Contracting, Puts Generals in Charge, 3/7 p. 1. Army Corps Updates East Coast BRAC Projects, 10/10 p. 6. Barton, William B. (columnist) Legal Issues: Complying With the Trade Agreements Act, 10/10 p. 3. (National) Black Chamber of Commerce Black Chamber, Alaska 8(a)’s Make Peace, 6/13 p. 1. Census Bureau What a Mess: How Census Bureau Botched IT Procurement, 4/18 p. Clark, Wayne (columnist) Job Cost Systems Prevent Headaches — and Losses, 8/29 p. 3. Competitiveness Demonstration Program Defense Dept. Expands Small Business Set-Asides, 6/27 p. 1. Congress, House and Senate Procurement Leftovers on Congress’s Plate, 1/11 p. 1. Defense Authorization Means Procurement Changes, 2/8 p. Aid Voted For Vets, Reservists, 2/8 p. House Votes to Debar Tax Delinquents, 4/18 p. 2. House Approves Three Contracting Bills, 5/2 p. House Votes Broad Contracting Changes, 5/30 p. 1. Senate Defense Bill Includes Contracting Changes, 6/13 p. House Boosts Subcontracting Opportunities For Vets’ Companies, 8/8 p. 2. Contracting Bills: Last-Minute Scramble in Congress, 9/12 p. 1. Senate Punts on Contracting Issues, 9/26 p. 3. Congress Enacts Package of Contracting Changes, 10/10 p. 1. Contract Bundling New Anti-Bundling Initiative Is Weighed, 3/21 p. 2. Contractor and Federal Spending Accountability Act House Approves Three Contracting Bills, 5/2 p. House Votes Broad Contracting Changes, 5/30 p. 1. Contracting Bills: Last-Minute Scramble in Congress, 9/12 p. 1. Counterfeiting Regulators May Propose Anti-Counterfeiting Rule, 11/21 p. 3. Defense Department DOD Official Backs Dialogue With Industry, 1/11 p. 2. IG Faults Interagency Contracting, 1/25 p. Defense Authorization Means Procurement Changes, 2/8 p. GAO: Contractors Need Conflict-of-Interest Rules, 3/21 p. 2. “A Matter of Grave Concern:” Contractors Acting as Contract Specialists, 4/4 p. 2. DOD Official Orders Restrictions on T&M Contracts, 4/4 p. 4. DISA Awards Networking Contracts, 5/2 p. 4. Defense Dept. Expands Small Business Set-Asides, 6/27 p. 1. DOD Will Send Work to Other Agencies Rather Than Contractors, 6/27 p. 2. More Competition Is Sought, 7/25 p. 2. DOD Orders Steps to Verify Procurement Data, 8/8 p. 1. DISA Shifting More Work to Task Order Contracts, 8/29 p. 2. Defense to Monitor Undefinitized Contracts, 9/12 p. 1. DOD Faces Hurdles in Hiring Small Businesses, 11/21 p. 2. Defense IG Warns of HUBZone, SDV Fraud, 11/21 p. 3. Defense Dept. Orders New Limits on T&M Contracts, 12/5 p. 1. Dickson, Carl (columnist) Ten Common Mistakes in Writing Proposals, 9/12 p. 2. DynCorp DynCorp Ordered to Pay for Discrimination, 5/30 p. Environmental Protection Agency IGs Fault Sole-Source Awards at TSA, EPA, 7/11 p. 4. Ethics Complying With New Ethics Rules, 2/8 p. 3. New Rule: Tax Delinquents Could Face Debarment, 3/7 p. 2. Legal Issues: Congress Expands Whistleblower Protections, 3/7 p. GAO: Contractors Need Conflict-of-Interest Rules, 3/21 p. 2. Regulators Look at Conflict-of-Interest Rules, 4/4 p. 2. “A Matter of Grave Concern:” Contractors Acting as Contract Specialists, 4/4 p. 2. Kerry: How Was Arms Dealer Classified SDB? 4/18 p. 1. DynCorp Ordered to Pay for Discrimination, 5/30 p. Final Rule: Contractors Must Turn Themselves In, 11/21 p. 2. E-Verify Details of E-Verify Rules Are Released, 6/27 p. 1. Industry Groups Oppose Employment Verification, 8/29 p. 1. Some Workers, Contracts Exempt From E-Verify, 11/21 p. 1. DHS Offers E-Verify Training, 12/5 p. 2. Finance, financial issues, accounting Contractors Report Thin Profit Margins, 3/7 p. 1. Business Issues: A Pleasant Greeting from the IRS, 4/4 p. 3. Does Your Accounting System Measure Up? 6/13 p. 3. Franco, Antonio R., and Gunjan R. Talati (columnists) Legal Issues: New Guidelines For Granting Security Clearances, 1/25 p. 3. Supermajority Voting Rights and Affiliation Issues, 10/24 p. 3. General Services Administration, GSA Schedules Set-Asides Not Required on GSA Schedules, 1/25 p. 1. Report Card To Focus On Accessible Technology, 2/8 p. GSA Targets SDV Companies, 3/7 p. Report: States, Locals Buying Off IT Schedule, 3/21 p. 2. Judge Rules Alliant Awards Are “Arbitrary, Capricious,” 3/21 p. Alliant GWACs On Hold After Court Decision, 4/4 p. 1. GSA To Review Pricing Policies on Schedules, 5/2 p. 1. White House Pushes GSA’s Doan Out the Door, 5/2 p. GSA Panel Members Consider Pricing Policies, 5/16 p. 1. Ousted GSA Chief Doan Goes Down Swinging, 5/16 p. 2. New Leader Is Picked For GSA, 7/11 p. 1. Senator Blocks GSA Nominee, 8/8 p. 2. GSA, VET-Force Sign Agreement, 8/29 p. 2. Acting Leaders Appointed for GSA, SBA, 8/29 p. 4. GSA Panel: Drop Price Reduction Clause for Services, 9/26 p. 1. Rule Requires Competition for Task, Delivery Orders, 9/26 p. 1. Guide to GSA Schedules, 9/26 p. 7. GSA Panel Votes to Kill Price Reduction Clause, 10/10 p. 2. Energy Management Support On New GSA Schedule, 11/7 p. 2. Make the Most of Your GSA Schedule Contract, 12/5 p. 3. SmartBuy May Become First Stop For Software Licenses, 12/19 p. 2. Program Managers See “Red Tape” in GSA Schedules, 12/19 p. 2. Goals, procurement Advocates Sue for Access to Contract Data, 2/22 p. Parity, Not Clarity, In Proposed Set-Aside Rule, 3/21 p. 1. IG: Big Companies Look Small in Databases, 7/11 p. 1. DOD Orders Steps to Verify Procurement Data, 8/8 p. 1. Agencies Fell Short of Most Small Business Goals, 11/7 p. 2. Gormley, Bill (columnist) Make the Most of Your GSA Schedule Contract, 12/5 p. 3. Government Accountability Office, see subject of GAO reports and decisions. Gulin, Frank C. (columnist) Legal Issues: Pitfalls in the Family and Medical Leave Act, 5/16 p. 3. Hallowell, Andrew, and Michael Pidgeon (columnists) Legal Issues: Congress Expands Whistleblower Protections, 3/7 p. Homeland Security Department SDVs To Get DHS Set-Aside For Services, 1/11 p. DHS Outlines Vets’ Set-Aside, 1/25, p. Report: A Few Favorites Dominate DHS Contracting, 5/30 p. 2. Bush Orders Contractors to Verify Employees’ Immigration Status, 6/13 p. 1. DHS Plans More Task Order Vehicles, 6/27, p. 2. IGs Fault Sole-Source Awards at TSA, EPA, 7/11 p. 4. DHS Taking Another Look at EAGLE Contract, 10/24 p. 2. Homeland Security Prepares New IT Set-Aside, 12/19 p. 1. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Bill: No Pay Disclosure for Small Firms, 3/21 p. 1. HUBZone program Parity, Not Clarity, In Proposed Set-Aside Rule, 3/21 p. 1. Legal Issues: Parity For 8(a), SDV, HUBZone Firms, 3/21 p. 3. After 8 Years, HUBZone Program Is Widely Ignored, 5/30 p. 2. Recipe For HUBZone Fraud: Mailbox Plus Computer, 7/25 p. 1. GAO Rejects Parity Rule for Service-Disabled Vets, 10/10 p. 2. SBA Warns of Turmoil Without Parity Rule, 11/7 p. 1. Defense IG Warns of HUBZone, SDV Fraud, 11/21 p. 3. Immigration Bush Orders Contractors to Verify Employees’ Immigration Status, 6/13 p. 1. Intelligence Agencies, Intelligence Community Contract Intel Workers More Costly Than Feds, 9/12 p. 2. Joint Ventures Legal Issues: New Ruling on Small Business Joint Ventures, 7/25 p. 3. Interagency contracting IG Faults Interagency Contracting, 1/25 p. New Controls For Interagency Contracting, 6/13 p. McCain, John Obama, McCain Co-Sponsor Transparency Legislation, 6/13 p. 2. Obama Promises Reforms, Reductions in Federal Contracting, 9/26 p. 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA To Expand Mentor-Protege Program, 4/18 p. 2. NASA Outlines Consolidation Plan For IT Services, 8/8 p. 1. NASA To Broaden Mentor-Protégé Program, 9/26 p. 2. Navy Navy Plans 8(a) Set-Asides, 7/25 p. 2. Obama, Barack Obama, McCain Co-Sponsor Transparency Legislation, 6/13 p. 2. Obama Promises Reforms, Reductions in Federal Contracting, 9/26 p. 2. President Obama’s Federal Contracting Agenda, 11/7 p. 1. Obama Transition Official Urges Boost for SBA, 12/19 p. 3. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Feds Struggle to Attract, Retain Acquisition Workers, 2/22 p. 1. New Anti-Bundling Initiative Is Weighed, 3/21 p. 2. IT Services Targeted for Strategic Sourcing, 4/18 p. 1. New Controls For Interagency Contracting, 6/13 p. More Competition Is Sought, 7/25 p. 2. OFPP Official: Better RFPs Needed, 7/25 p. 4. Parity Rule GAO Rejects Parity Rule for Service-Disabled Vets, 10/10 p. 2. SBA Warns of Turmoil Without Parity Rule, 11/7 p. 1. Professional Services Council Industry Group Will Fight Contracting “Myths,” 4/18 p. 2. Safavian, David Former Procurement Chief’s Conviction Overturned, 6/27, p. 2. Security clearances Legal Issues: New Guidelines For Granting Security Clearances, 1/25 p. 3. President Pushes Security Clearance Reform, 2/22 p. 1. IT Solutions Proposed to Fix Security Clearances, 5/16 p. 1. President Orders Reciprocity on Security Clearances, 7/11 p. 3. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Kerry Rips SBA Budget Proposal, 2/8 p. 2. Kerry: How Was Arms Dealer Classified SDB? 4/18 p. 1. Senators: Change or Delay Women’s Set-Aside, 7/11 p. 2. Senators Offer Rewrite of SBIR Program Rules, 8/8 p. 2. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned businesses, See Veteran-Owned businesses Size Standards SBA “Revved Up” For Size Standard Changes, 1/25 p. 1. SBA Gives Details of Size Standard Review. 2/8 p. 1. SBA Still Struggling With Size Standards, 5/30 p. 1. SBA Outlines Plans for Size Standards Review, 6/13 p. 2. Inflation Boost For Size Standards, 7/25 p. 1. Proposal: How to Count Small Firms’ Employees, 10/24 p. 2. Small Business Administration SBA Draws Fire Over Women’s Set-Aside, 1/11 p. 1. Administration Defends Limits on Women’s Set-Aside, 1/25 p. 2. SBA “Revved Up” For Size Standard Changes, 1/25 p. 1. SDV Eligibility Is Up To SBA , 1/25 p. Senators Urge Expansion of Women’s Set-Aside, 2/8 p. 1. SBA Gives Details of Size Standard Review. 2/8 p. 1. Advocates Sue for Access to Contract Data, 2/22 p. Parity, Not Clarity, In Proposed Set-Aside Rule, 3/21 p. 1. Legal Issues: Parity For 8(a), SDV, HUBZone Firms, 3/21 p. 3. At Small Business Week, SBA Honors Stars, 5/2 p. SBA Still Struggling With Size Standards, 5/30 p. 1. SBA Outlines Plans for Size Standards Review, 6/13 p. 2. Higher Net Worth Limit Sought, 6/13 p. 2. Acting Leaders Appointed for GSA, SBA, 8/29 p. 4. 8(a) Graduate Honored by SBA, 9/12 p. 2. GAO Rejects Parity Rule for Service-Disabled Vets, 10/10 p. 2. SDBs May Self-Certify, 10/10 p. 2. Supermajority Voting Rights and Affiliation Issues, 10/24 p. 3. SBA Warns of Turmoil Without Parity Rule, 11/7 p. 1. GAO Investigators Probe 8(a), SDV Contracting, 11/7 p. 2. Credit Crunch Staggers SBA Loan Programs, 11/7 p. 5. GAO: Budget, Staff Cuts Hurt SBA’s Effectiveness, 12/5 p. 1. U.S. Offers Cash to Stimulate SBA Loan Market, 12/5 p. 12. Obama Transition Official Urges Boost for SBA, 12/19 p. 3. Letters of Intent and the SBA: Potential for Affiliation, 12/19 p. 3. Small Disadvantaged Businesses Small Disadvantaged Businesses May Self-Certify, 10/10 p. 2. Ruling Threatens 8(a) Program, Unless Congress Acts, 11/21 p. 1. Congressman Supports “Fix” To Affirmative Action Program, 12/5 p. 2. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Senators Offer Rewrite of SBIR Program Rules, 8/8 p. 2. Smigocki, Michael (columnist) Complying With New Ethics Rules, 2/8 p. 3. Business Issues: A Pleasant Greeting from the IRS, 4/4 p. 3. What Financial Crisis Means to Your Company, 11/7 p. 3. State Department Kerry: How Was Arms Dealer Classified SDB? 4/18 p. 1. Strategic sourcing IT Services Targeted for Strategic Sourcing, 4/18 p. 1. Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act Obama, McCain Co-Sponsor Transparency Legislation, 6/13 p. 2. Task order contracts, IDIQ contracts GAO: Task Orders Are Immune From Protest, 2/22 p. Task Order Spending Continues to Climb, 4/4 p. 1. DISA Shifting More Work to Task Order Contracts, 8/29 p. 2. Rule Requires Competition for Task, Delivery Orders, 9/26 p. 1. Task Order Contracts Dominate Largest Set-Asides, 10/24 p. 1. GAO Ruling Backs Set-Asides on Task Orders, 10/24 p. 1. Taxes New Rule: Tax Delinquents Could Face Debarment, 3/7 p. 2. House Votes to Debar Tax Delinquents, 4/18 p. 2. New Rule Targets Tax-Delinquent Contractors, 5/2 p. Time and materials contracts DOD Official Orders Restrictions on T&M Contracts, 4/4 p. 2. Defense Dept. Orders New Limits on T&M Contracts, 12/5 p. 1. Trade Agreements Act Legal Issues: Complying With the Trade Agreements Act, 10/10 p. 3. Tysinger, Glenda A. (columnist) Does Your Accounting System Measure Up? 6/13 p. 3. Transportation Security Administration Trans. Security Gets New Rules On Procurement, 1/11 p. Veterans Affairs Department Verification Required For Vets’ Firms, 5/30 p. 2. House Boosts Subcontracting Opportunities For Vets’ Companies, 8/8 p. 3. VA Sets Rule For Vets Set-Asides, 8/29 p. 2. Veteran-Owned Businesses and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses SDVs To Get DHS Set-Aside For Services, 1/11 p. DHS Outlines Vets’ Set-Aside, 1/25 p. SDV Eligibility Is Up To SBA, 1/25 p. Aid Voted For Vets, Reservists, 2/8 p. GSA Targets SDV Companies, 3/7 p. Verification Required For Vets’ Firms, 5/30 p. 2. House Boosts Subcontracting Opportunities For Vets’ Companies, 8/8 p. 3. VA Sets Rule For Vets Set-Asides, 8/29 p. 2. GSA, VET-Force Sign Agreement, 8/29 p. 2. GAO Rejects Parity Rule for Service-Disabled Vets, 10/10 p. 2. SBA Warns of Turmoil Without Parity Rule, 11/7 p. 1. GAO Investigators Probe 8(a), SDV Contracting, 11/7 p. 2. Defense IG Warns of HUBZone, SDV Fraud, 11/21 p. 2. Senators, VFW: Cut Off Funds For Veterans Corp., 12/19 p. 2. Williams, Jonathan (columnist) New Ruling on Small Business Joint Ventures, 7/25 p. 3. Woman-owned businesses SBA Draws Fire Over Women’s Set-Aside, 1/11 p. 1. Administration Defends Limits on Women’s Set-Aside, 1/25 p. 2. Senators Urge Expansion of Women’s Set-Aside, 2/8 p. 1. Senators: Change or Delay Women’s Set-Aside, 7/11 p. 2. Appropriators Would Block Women’s Set-Aside Rule, 7/25 p. 2. Women Senators: Expand Set-Asides For Women, 9/26 p. 2. Expanded Women’s Set-Aside Doesn’t Quiet Critics, 10/10 p. 1. Men Head Many “Woman-Owned” Firms, 10/10 p. 4. Worldwide Network Services LLC DynCorp Ordered to Pay for Discrimination, 5/30 p.