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Police Unity Tour’s 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala

The Police Unity Tour Virginia chapter is holding their second annual fundraising gala on March 10th in Chantilly VA. There are still seats available for this special annual event held for this worthwhile cause. If your company is looking for a cause that’s worthy of your investment in time, energy, and resources please consider supporting [...]

Win Government Contracts

Increasing Your Success Rate in Winning a Defense Contract

Winning and working on a defense contract from the United States is an incredibly rewarding experience that can result in substantial financial gains. Unfortunately, obtaining one of these contracts is not easy, and there is often stiff competition for coveted budget funds. Navigating the process can be extremely tedious, expensive, and outright unsuccessful if you [...]

GovCon Winners 2011

GovCon Winners Announced

The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 9th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor (GovCon) Awards Contractor of the Year Winners: CPS Professional Services – less than $25 million Agilex – $25-75 million Systems Planning and Analysis – $75-300 million Vangent – Over $300 million Executives of the Year: Dolly Oberoi [...]

Tom Mazich to head Deltek GovCon business unit

Tom Mazich to head Deltek’s GovCon Business Unit

Earlier today Deltek announced that Tom Mazich will oversee enterprise software sales and consulting services for Deltek’s GovCon business unit that delivers comprehensive solutions that power the complete business lifecycle of government contractors. As the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Deltek’s GovCon business unit, Mazich will oversee sales for Deltek’s Costpoint, GCS Premier, [...]

InScope

Congratulations InScope International

Inc. Magazine has named Reston VA based InScope International a Top 20 Small Business Workplace finalist. For a complete list click here: Top 20 Small Business Workplaces Perhaps the seriousness of their mission of ‘Advancing the Global Good’ gives each member of the InScope team a sense of purpose. Or perhaps it’s because my brother-in-law, [...]

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Company Brand

Avoiding the SBA 8A Graduation Trauma: Preparing Your Brand for Higher Valuation

This article by Gal Borenstein was written with 8(a) firms who are approaching the end of their 8(a) life in mind, but it is useful for any company seeking to increase it’s value to a potential acquirer: Avoiding the SBA 8A Graduation Trauma: Preparing Your Brand for Higher Valuation Remember that feeling of accomplishment you [...]

FARS

Federal Acquisition Regulations by Judy Bradt

Judy Bradt wrote a series of blog posts covering the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARS). FARS are as important to understand when selling to the government as are laws governing our roads when driving down the road. Not understanding the regulations in either case can be costly and potentially dangerous. Regulations being as they are Judy [...]