(Click on headlines below to read each full story.) SBA Small Business Teaming Pilot: funding set to terminate on Sept. 30 SBA has not requested or received FY2014 funding The Small Business Administration’s $10 million grant program to mentor small business teaming efforts has produced nearly 300 teams over two years, but the future outlook is uncertain as funding is set to terminate on Sept. 30. Strategic Sourcing gets a boost GSA, GAO, legislative support Senior federal executives, along with dozens of lawmakers, have notched up their efforts in recent days to pressure federal agencies to expand their use of strategic sourcing to save money for the government. EXTENDED: Small Business Subcontractor Prompt Payment policy The White House has extended its existing policy urging federal agencies to accelerate payments to all prime contractors so that the primes can pay small business subcontractors promptly. SBA issues final rule on subs A House committee probing contracting at the Internal Revenue Service released a highly critical 157-page report charging a small business IRS contractor with multiple questionable activities, including inappropriate communications and various misrepresentations. Column: Time to Reengineer the HUBZone program? The HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) program was created in 1997 to provide government contracting incentives to small firms to establish themselves in places where unemployment is above the norm, to hire employees from areas of high unemployment, and to stimulate capital investment in those areas. The goals are laudable; the execution has fallen short. It’s time to take a look at this program and reengineer it for success. Washington Insider: Mills leaving in August Karen Mills, administrator of the Small Business Administration, has told SBA staffers she is leaving the agency at the end of August.... Anti-GSA bias? Federal agencies’ reluctance to use the General Services Administration’s centralized purchasing contracts is a “behavioral issue”.... Cloud spending rising The federal government is expected to quadruple its spending on private cloud-based solutions to $7.7 billion by fiscal 2017.... SUSPEND Act worries The “SUSPEND Act” legislation to centralize the federal contractor suspension and debarment is raising concerns among contractors.....