SBA streamlining

      SBA Administrator Linda McMahon recently pledged greater efficiency. “SBA is working to streamline the process for getting certified for doing business with the government,” McMahon said at a recent conference, according to GovExec. “We’re consolidating the contract process and improving certification to make it more user-friendly and effective.”

More information: Story: http://goo.gl/3geFj5

DOD short on SBIR

      The GAO reviewed the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and found that the Defense Dept. and EPA failed to report required data.

More information: GAO report: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-453

Agency reorganizations

      In an April 12 memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), federal agencies were ordered to develop plans to eliminate unneeded government programs and reduce the federal workforce.

      Those plans are due on June 30.

     Some department leaders--at USDA, Commerce, Homeland Security and Justice--said they are emphasizing customer service instead of personnel cuts in their plans, according to recent reports.

      At the Interior Dept., as many as 50 senior career executives have been reassigned recently.

More information: April12 memo: http://goo.gl/tRN7MC
DOI story: http://goo.gl/fnBzbL
Other agencies: http://goo.gl/rAec5

100s awarded 8(a) STARS II

New study: is 8(a) meeting its goals?

OMB cuts back small biz reports

MACs decline in number, but not in spending

Two bills to affect veteran-owned

Column: The importance of a carefully-drafted work-share provision

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