How To Get The Federal Government To Fund Your R&D

This is a guest post by Tom Dee and Frank Lovaglio, Sr. of Primus Results.  Tom, who is the Founder & CEO of  Primus Results, has more than 15 years of experience working with firms in the aerospace, defense and technology industries.  Primus Results helps small companies develop business development strategies to work with the [...]

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Are you eligible to be a State of Florida Certified Business Enterprise?

Being certified as a State of Florida Certified Business Enterprise can be great for your business. During tough economic times a certification can help differentiate your small business and provide an advantage in winning government contracts. As of July 2009 there are over 5,000 businesses certified with the state of Florida – why not join [...]

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Understanding the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE)

Are you a small disadvantaged business that can provide products or services to the transportation industry? If so, you should seriously be looking into the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) to give you an edge over the competition. This federal program is operated under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in an effort to increase [...]

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PublicSpend is Live!

After a lot of hard work I’m very pleased to announce that PublicSpend is now live! Check it out here. Below is a copy of our launch announcement:
PublicSpend Launches New Website That Uses Government Data To Help Buyers Find The Best Companies To Do Business With In Their Area
Launching in Florida with [...]

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Stimulus Projects – Advantage, GSA Schedule Holders

This is a guest post by Jennifer Schaus the principal of Jennifer Schaus & Associates, a leader in government consulting and GSA Schedule services based out of Washington, DC. The Federal Government is in a hurry to award stimulus projects and kickstart the economy.  But as a recent article in Government Executive shows getting on [...]

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Stimulus Watch Helps To Frontload Accountability

Stimulus Watch is an interesting website that provides a list of “shovel ready” Stimulus Package Projects around the United States that want to be funded by money emanating from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The projects that are listed are taken directly from a recent report of the US Conference of Mayors.  Miami Mayor, Manny [...]

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Recovery.gov – Stimulus Package Transparency

If you don’t already know, Recovery.gov is the White House’s answer as to how it will provide stimulus package transparency and accountability.  The site went live in the last few days, and for now, is more of a promise of what we can expect rather than any revealing data.
In President Obama’s video message we are [...]

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Stimulus Package Contracts

President Obama has set a deadline of President’s Day to get his $825 billion economic recovery bill passed so it is time to prepare how you are going to win stimulus package contracts.
According to a summary of the American Recovery and Investment Bill of 2009 investments will be targeted toward the following key areas:

Energy – [...]

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8A Business Development Program

The SBA’s 8(a) Business Development program, created by the Small Business Act, is a business development program whose aim is to help small disadvantaged businesses compete in the US economy.  It is a 9-year program designed to assist companies gain access to the resources necessary to develop as small businesses.  One way this goal is [...]

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HUBZone Program

HUBZone stands for Historically Underutilized Business Zone and is a program that was created by the provisions contained in the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997.  The purpose of the HUBZone program is to promote economic development and employment in distressed areas by providing access to federal contracting opportunities for small businesses.
If you are thinking [...]

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