GSA Panel Members Consider Pricing Policies
Most members of a GSA Advisory Panel indicated they favor changes in pricing policies for GSA schedules.

Air Force Pushes “Beyond Goals” for Small Firm
Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne has endorsed a new drive to meet the 23% small business procurement goal.

FBI: Counterfeit Hardware Threatens IT Networks
Counterfeit Cisco Systems equipment is finding its way into federal computer networks partly because of the government’s insistence on buying from the lowest bidder with minimal background checks, according to an FBI document.

Ousted GSA Chief Doan Goes Down Swinging
Lurita Doan summarized her passage from IT entrepreneur to head of the General Services Administration to unemployment: “I simply lost the battle.”

Legal Issues: Pitfalls in the Family and Medical Leave Act
Of particular concern to contractors are the provisions of the FMLA governing successor employers.

Coming Events
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