Affirmative Action Case Moves Toward Supreme Court
Another challenge to affirmative action programs in federal contracting is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

NASA Mentor-Protege Program Draws a Crowd
275 people signed up for NASA’s annual Mentor-Protégé Conference, which was held in Washington Dec. 2.

NASA Outlines New Approach for Protecting Proprietary Information
NASA says it now has contractors watchdogging other contractors, so the agency is proposing a new rule governing how one company must protect another company’s proprietary information.

GAO Criticizes SBA Reorganization
The Small Business Administration’s reorganization is plagued by lack of money, turnover in key personnel and poor communication with employees and other stakeholders, the General Accounting Office found.

FTS To Roll Out New Business System
GSA’s Federal Technology Service will begin rolling out a new business system in January that will change the way the agency processes its task and delivery orders through GSA schedules and governmentwide acquisition contracts.

Program Managers Must "Turn Loose" for Performance-Based Contracting to Work
Government program managers will have to give up some control if performance-based contracting is to work, says David Eary, president of the consulting firm Government Contract Services Co. in Pleasant Hill, CA.

Happy Holidays
Because of the holidays, the next issue of Set-Aside Alert will be published Jan. 9, 2004.