Index to Set-Aside Alert, January-July 2004 8(a) program, 8(a) companies 8(a) GWAC Awards Are Announced, 6/11 p. 1 8(a) Firm Will Support Terror Screening for DHS, 7/23 p. 3 A-76 – See Competitive Sourcing Affirmative Action Supreme Court Won’t Hear Affirmative Action Challenge, 5/28 p. 1 Air Force Former Air Force Official Guilty in Conflict of Interest, 4/30 p. 3 Alliant GWAC Teaming Needed for New GWAC, 1/23, p.1 Alliant Industry Days Are Set, 3/5 p.2 Teaming Required for GSA’s Alliant GWAC, 4/16 p. 1 Architect/Engineering contracts Bigger Set-Asides for Architects, Engineers, 6/11 p. 3 Army Army Shelves Huge Outsourcing Plan, 1/9 p.1 How Small Office Supply Firms Broke Up a Bundle, 5/14 p. 5 Arrowhead Global Solutions How to Grow from $64,000 to $100 Million, 6/25 p. 3 Budget, Federal Bush Budget Cuts Hit EPA, Agriculture, SBA, 2/6 p.1 Bush Budget Boosts Homeland Security Projects, 2/6 p.3 Competitive Sourcing Army Shelves Huge Outsourcing Plan, 1/9 p.1 Contractors Score Few Victories in Job Competitions, 2/20 p.2 Congressional Action Scrambles Job Competitions, 2/20 p.6 Report Card on Competitive Sourcing: GAO Says Feds Win Most Jobs, Savings Not Proved, 3/5 p.3 GAO Will Consider Losers’ Protests in Some Streamlined Job Competitions, 4/16 p. 3 GAO: Feds Cannot Protest Job Competitions, 4/30 p. 2 In Job Competitions, Bet the Feds To Win, 5/28 p. 1 Veto Threat as House Votes to Delay Base Closings, Restrict Small Job Competitions in Defense Dept., 5/28 p. 1 Feds’ Protest Rights Proposed in Competitions, 5/28 p. 5 Congress Votes More Limits on Competitive Sourcing, 6/25 p. 2 Congress and congressional committees Procurement “Goodies” Out of Revised SBA Bill, 2/6 p.1 Congressional Action Scrambles Job Competitions, 2/20 p.6 SBA Reauthorization Ready For House Vote, 3/19 p.1 Snowe Proposes “Fix” For Loan Program, 3/19 p.1 Senate Increases SBA Budget, 3/19 p.2 Sen. Snowe Asks: Are Agencies Complying With Bundling Policy? 4/16 p. 2 Senate Hearing Examines Prison Industries Reform, 4/16 p. 2 Congressmen Seek Action on Security Clearances, 5/14 p. 1 SBA, Senate Ad Odds Over Future of Women’s Business Centers, 5/14 p. 2 Veto Threat as House Votes to Delay Base Closings, Restrict Small Job Competitions in Defense Dept., 5/28 p. 1 Energy Department’s Unbundling Plan Under Attack, 5/28 p. 3 Feds’ Protest Rights Proposed in Competitions, 5/28 p. 5 Senate Committee Backs Prison Industries Reform, 6/11 p. 2 Panel Approves OFPP Nominee, 6/11 p. 2 Administration Faulted for Noncompetitive Contracts, 6/11 p. 12 Congress Votes More Limits on Competitive Sourcing, 6/25 p. 2 Fund Fight Looms for Women’s Business Centers, 7/9 p. 2 House to Vote on SBA Spending, Loan Program Restructuring, 7/9 p. 2 Contract Bundling, Consolidation Agencies Push For Bigger Contracts, Fewer Vendors, 3/5 p.1 Sen. Snowe Asks: Are Agencies Complying With Bundling Policy? 4/16 p. 1 How Small Office Supply Firms Broke Up a Bundle, 5/14 p. 5 Energy Department’s Unbundling Plan Under Attack, 5/28 p. 3 Bundling Strategy’s Effectiveness Not Easy to Measure: GAO, 7/9 p. 2 Defense Department Defense Department Moves Ahead on Base Closings 1/9 p.3 Small Firms Won More Defense Work in 2003, 2/20 p.1 Homeland Security To Use DOD EMALL, 2/20 p.2 DFARS Changes Announced, 3/5, p.2 Pentagon Defends Iraq Reconstruction Contracts, 3/19 p.3 Five-Year Limit Imposed on Some DOD Contracts, 4/2 p. 2 Pentagon IG Faults Early Iraq Contracts, 4/2 p. 2 Military Can Arm Contractors, 4/2 p. 2 Some Democrats Move to Delay Base Closings, 4/2 p. 16 Defense Dept. “Strategic Sourcing” Won’t Freeze Out Small Businesses – Lee, 4/16 p. 1 Jury Is Still Out on DOD Subcontracting Program, 5/14 p. 3 Veto Threat as House Votes to Delay Base Closings, Restrict Small Job Competitions in Defense Dept., 5/28 p. 1 Bigger Set-Asides for Architects, Engineers, 6/11 p. 3 DOD’s Lee on “Get It Right:” “It Means Think,” 7/23 p. 1 Energy Department Energy Plans Competition for Lab Contracts, 2/6 p.2 Energy Department’s Unbundling Plan Under Attack, 5/28 p. 3 Energy Dept. Pushes Small Business Agenda, 7/23 p. 2 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Rules Set For Debriefings, 1/9 p.2 New Rules For Anti-Terror Purchases, 3/5 p.5 Federal Prison Industries Limits on Prison Industries Eyed, 1/9 p.2 Senate Hearing Examines Prison Industries Reform, 4/16 p. 2 Senate Committee Backs Prison Industries Reform, 6/11 p. 2 General Accounting Office (For GAO reports, see topic of report.) Evaluator’s Criticism Found “Unreasonable,” 2/20 p.3 General Services Administration and GSA Schedules Teaming Needed for New GWAC, 1/23, p.1 IG Finds More Tech Service Contracting Abuses, 1/23 p.3 GSA Makes Pitch for Advantage, e-Buy, 2/6 p.2 Alliant Industry Days Are Set, 3/5 p.2 Teaming Required for GSA’s Alliant GWAC, 4/16 p. 1 Contracting Problems Found at GSA’s D.C. Office, 4/30 p. 3 GSA Schedule Applications Online Soon, 5/14 p. 2 Auditors Cite Misuse of IT Schedule Contracts, 5/28 p. 5 New Rules Will Target Misuse of GSA Schedules, 6/11 p. 1 State, Local Buyers Not Sold on GSA Schedules, 6/11 p. 2 No Set-Asides Allowed on GSA Schedules, 6/25 p. 1 GSA Restructures Acquisition Offices, 6/25 p. 5 GSA: “Get It Right” on Schedules, GWACs, 7/23 p. 1 Goals 2003 Small Business Contracting Set Record, 4/2 p. 1 Small Business Contracting Numbers Are Revised, 6/25 p. 2 Homeland Security, Homeland Security Department Bush Budget Boosts Homeland Security Projects, 2/6 p.3 Homeland Security To Use DOD EMALL, 2/20 p.2 Agencies Push For Bigger Contracts, Fewer Vendors, 3/5 p.1 New Rules For Anti-Terror Purchases, 3/5 p.5 Simpler Safety Act Application is Promised, 5/28 p. 2 Homeland Security Issues Safety Act Certifications, 6/25 p. 2 8(a) Firm Will Support Terror Screening for DHS, 7/23 p. 3 HUBZone program On HUBZone’s Fifth Anniversary, Contracting Lags, 4/16 p. 5 New Rules Set for HUBZone Construction Contracts, 5/28 p. 2 Information Technology Report: IT Spending Will Pick Up, 3/5 p.2 CIOs’ Priorities: E-Gov, Agency Collaboration, 3/19 p.2 NASA Online Guide Highlights IT Opportunities, 4/16 p. 5 Internal Revenue Service Agencies Push For Bigger Contracts, Fewer Vendors, 3/5 p.1 Iraq Pentagon Defends Iraq Reconstruction Contracts, 3/19 p.3 Labor Department New Overtime Rules To Take Effect in August, 4/30 p. 5 NASA NASA Reorganizes for Moon, Mars, 1/23, p.2 Agencies Push For Bigger Contracts, Fewer Vendors, 3/5 p.1 NASA To Offer Prizes For New Space Technologies, 3/19 p.2 NASA Online Guide Highlights IT Opportunities, 4/16 p. 5 NASA Centers’ Mission, Structure Should Change, Commission Says 6/25 p. 1 NASA Chief: “More Discussion” on Future of Centers, 7/9, p. 1 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Evaluator’s Criticism Found “Unreasonable,” 2/20 p.3 Navy Small Firms Share Navy Support Contract, 4/30 p. 3 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Procurement Policy Regulatory Relief for Manufacturers is Targeted, 2/20 p.5 OMB Official Says Tougher Subcontracting Enforcement Coming, 4/30 p. 1 Expert Panel Will Review Procurement Laws, Regs 4/30, p. 2 Procurement Nominee Supports Small Business, 5/14 p. 5 Panel Approves OFPP Nominee, 6/11 p. 2 OMB Promotes Online Buying, 6/11 p. 3 Advisory Group to Review Acquisition Policies, 7/23 p. 2 Overtime Pay New Overtime Rules To Take Effect in August, 4/30 p. 5 Postal Service Postal Contracts Consolidated, 1/23 p.2 Protests Evaluator’s Criticism Found “Unreasonable,” 2/20 p.3 GAO Will Consider Losers’ Protests in Some Streamlined Job Competitions, 4/16 p. 3 GAO: Feds Cannot Protest Job Competitions, 4/30 p. 2 Auditors Cite Misuse of IT Schedule Contracts, 5/28 p. 5 Security Clearances Congressmen Seek Action on Security Clearances, 5/14 p. 1 SBA Loans SBA Loans Are Flowing Again – For Now, 1/23 p.1 SBA Proposes Overhaul of 7(a) Loan Program, 2/20 p.3 Snowe Proposes “Fix” For Loan Program, 3/19 p.1 SBA Loan Cap Is Lifted, 4/16 p. 3 House to Vote on SBA Spending, Loan Program Restructuring, 7/9 p. 2 House Blocks Increase in SBA Loan Fees, 7/23 p. 7 Size Standards SBA Proposes New Size Standards, 4/2 p. 1 Proposed Size Standards Draw Fire, 4/30 p. 1 SBA: Proposed Size Standards Open For Discussion, 5/14 p. 1 Size Standards: Back to the Drawing Board, 7/9 p. 1 What If? Winners, Losers Under Dead Size Standards, 7/9 p. 3 Small Business Administration (SBA) (See also SBA Loans, 8(a), HUBZone) SBA Subcontracting Rule Draws Fire, 1/9 p.1 SBA Funds New Women’s Business Centers, 1/9 p.2 Procurement “Goodies” Out of Revised SBA Bill, 2/6 p.1 SBA Targeted for Spending Cut, 2/6 p.3 SBA Reauthorization Ready For House Vote, 3/19 p.1 Senate Increases SBA Budget, 3/19 p.2 SBA Proposes New Size Standards, 4/2 p. 1 2003 Small Business Contracting Set Record, 4/2 p. 1 Proposed Size Standards Draw Fire, 4/30 p. 1 OMB Official Says Tougher Subcontracting Enforcement Coming, 4/30 p. 1 SBA: Proposed Size Standards Open For Discussion, 5/14 p. 1 IG Questions Financial Dealings By Women’s Business Advocate, 5/28 p. 5 SBA Hands Out Awards During Small Business Week, 5/28 p. 6 SBA Launches New Websites, 6/11 p. 3 Small Business Contracting Numbers Are Revised, 6/25 p. 2 Size Standards: Back to the Drawing Board, 7/9 p. 1 Fund Fight Looms for Women’s Business Centers, 7/9 p. 2 House to Vote on SBA Spending, Loan Program Restructuring, 7/9 p. 2 Some Women’s Centers Get Funds, Most in Doubt, 7/23 p. 5 Taxes Withholding for Self-Employed Proposed, 2/6 p.2 Report: Contractors Owe Billions in Back Taxes, 2/20, p.1 Teaming, Teaming Arrangements IT Firm Is Seeking Small Business Partners, 4/2 p. 3 Teaming Required for GSA’s Alliant GWAC, 4/16 p. 1 Veteran-Owned Businesses VA Begins Set-Asides for Disabled Vets, 3/5 p.1 Disabled Vets’ Set-Aside Is Open For Business, 5/14 p. 2 Disabled Vets’ Set-Aside: Too Far or Not Far Enough? 7/23 p. 3 Veterans Affairs Department VA Begins Set-Asides for Disabled Vets, 3/5 p.1 Woman-Owned Businesses SBA Funds New Women’s Business Centers, 1/9 p.2 SBA, Senate Ad Odds Over Future of Women’s Business Centers, 5/14 p. 2 IG Questions Financial Dealings By Women’s Business Advocate, 5/28 p. 5 Fund Fight Looms for Women’s Business Centers, 7/9 p. 2 Some Women’s Centers Get Funds, Most in Doubt, 7/23 p. 5