Comments for GovCon.net http://govcon.net The Government Contractors Network Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on SBA video: The Recovery Act and Government Contracting by Kevin Baron http://govcon.net/sba-video-the-recovery-act-and-government-contracting/comment-page-1#comment-128 Kevin Baron Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:50:57 +0000 http://govcon.net/?p=341#comment-128 I have a question that I would like to hear Joe Jordan answer, because he has never gotten back to me on this one. The law states that small businesses must receive a minimum of 23 percent of all federal prime contracts. For FY 2008, the government contracted out for roughly $558 billion in prime contracts, yet the SBA's scorecard said small businesses only got 21.5 percent of roughly $430 billion in "small business eligible" contracts. Where does it say in the law that small businesses are only supposed to get 23 percent of "small business eligible" contracts? Why does the SBA not count all prime contracts as the law states? I have a question that I would like to hear Joe Jordan answer, because he has never gotten back to me on this one. The law states that small businesses must receive a minimum of 23 percent of all federal prime contracts. For FY 2008, the government contracted out for roughly $558 billion in prime contracts, yet the SBA’s scorecard said small businesses only got 21.5 percent of roughly $430 billion in “small business eligible” contracts. Where does it say in the law that small businesses are only supposed to get 23 percent of “small business eligible” contracts? Why does the SBA not count all prime contracts as the law states?

]]> Comment on How Valuable is “Being There”? by Marc Hausman http://govcon.net/how-valuable-is-being-there/comment-page-1#comment-38 Marc Hausman Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:56:10 +0000 http://govcon.net/?p=193#comment-38 Hey there, Thanks for the overview of my blog post and thinking on this. In theory, "yes"...it would be great if our clients recognized the value of an expanding universe of social media connections and continued to fund their programs. It's not going to happen though. This falls back to the outdated ROI of communications which is dependent on the fuzzy value of awareness and positioning. Social media marketing must be about measurable objectives in lead generation, sales support and SEO to be mission-critical to the success of an organization. If not, it's merely a nice to have. Hey there,

Thanks for the overview of my blog post and thinking on this.

In theory, “yes”…it would be great if our clients recognized the value of an expanding universe of social media connections and continued to fund their programs. It’s not going to happen though. This falls back to the outdated ROI of communications which is dependent on the fuzzy value of awareness and positioning.

Social media marketing must be about measurable objectives in lead generation, sales support and SEO to be mission-critical to the success of an organization. If not, it’s merely a nice to have.

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