A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, dated April 15, concluded that federal agencies reported incorrect information to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for fiscal year 2013. The SBA’s ability to completely conclude compliance with spending requirements for the SBIR and STTR programs for fiscal year 2013 is incomplete, because most agencies submitted budget numbers, but not their spending obligations. Spending obligations are the foundation for calculating an agency’s spending requirements for SBIR and STTR.

The 8(a) Business Development Program is one of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) business assistance programs, which targets small disadvantaged businesses (SDB's). The 8(a) Program is designed to promote firms that are at least 51 % owned/controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The program is divided into two phases: A four-year developmental stage and a five-year transition stage, for a total of nine years in the program.

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The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), was designed to expand the reach of law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels to combat against cyber attacks.

If your firm is charge of government information management, it’s time to be sure that your cyber security systems are operating as effectively as possible.

Building your government sales practice will be one of your organization’s greatest challenges, as mistakes occur quite frequently. In fact, when entering the marketplace many companies actually make the same mistakes: