(Click on headlines below to read each full story.) House Small Biz panel recommends $50M cut in SBA programs in 2015: Advises terminating funding for Women’s Business Centers, HUBZone outreach, Boots to Business, education & training The House Small Business Committee is urging Congress to cut off funding for Women’s Business Centers and other education, training and outreach programs at the Small Business Administration in fiscal 2015. Should SDVOSB certs go to SBA? The government would save about $5 million a year if it transferred authority to certify service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) to the Small Business Administration, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report. Cost of better data on bundling Collecting more and better data on federal contract consolidation and bundling would cost taxpayers $1 million over five years, according to a new estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. DOD’s Complaint about GSA Schedules: Prices for the same stapler range ‘from $11 to $31’ Under a new policy, the Defense Department wants its contracting officers to determine fair and reasonable pricing for each purchase when using General Services Administration schedules contracts. - - - - - - - - - - - - Set-Aside Alert offices move to new location We've moved just a few blocks. Our new address is: 4641 Montgomery Avenue Suite 208 Bethesda MD 20814 No change in phone (301-229-5561), fax (877-516-0818) and email addresses (alice@setasidealert.com; tjohnson@setasidealert.com). - - - - - - - - - - - - Red Cross access to GSA schedules The General Services Administration issued a proposed rule to provide increased access to GSA's Schedules contracts for disaster response. Column: For employee incentive plans, it’s not “one size fits all” About 10% of all federal government purchases are contracted through the GSA multiple-award schedule process. This includes all kinds of products and services that are commonly bought and sold in the commercial market. You need to know if your company’s products and/or services are covered by a GSA schedule in order to succeed in the federal market. Washington Insider: GovCon Open Dialogue White House and executive agencies have launched a public “Open Dialogue on Federal Procurement” to improve acquisition.... SAM.gov bad for blind? A group of blind contractors has initiated a class action lawsuit against the General Services Administration.... GSA ombudsman The General Services Administration named a new procurement ombudsman....