In a discussion with some associates a week ago I was surprised to hear they were not aware of the LPTA practice that is becoming more popular in evaluating government contract bids. First, let’s look...
Back in May I wrote a blog on the Small Business Administration’s Office of the Ombudsman. I had the opportunity to meet the National Ombudsman, Brian Castro, earlier this month. Brian is a busy man and...
This is a continuation of the last blog relating issues that were discussed in the Colorado Springs NDIA panel discussion. I thought these issues were relevant enough to devote 2 blogs to cover the...
Last week I attended a Rocky Mountain Chapter NDIA meeting in Colorado Springs. The meeting was a panel discussion about small business issues in government contracting and featured the Small Business...
The Defense Contract Audit Agency was created in 1965 to help the Government assure that they are making the best use of taxpayer dollars on the contracts they enter into. As a result, they have been...
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 set into motion a limit on the executive pay issue relative to government contractors. The NDAA resulted in an interim rule 78 FR 38535. Initially...
David Letterman has a popular segment every night on his show of the day's Top Ten list. Most of the time it is a funny look at some current event, like the Top Ten things a President might say in a...
With the re-authorization of the SBIR/STTR program in the 2012 Defense Authorization Bill, there are now more requirements on awardees relative to commercializing their work. The problem of translating a...