@ValerieSimon Twitterviews @evanweisel about PR. Thread starts at bottom. Twitter view lasted approx 1 hour and included just under 50 tweets from start of Twitterview to end. You'll find great advice in these tweets from an industry expert in Evan Weisel, co-owner of Welz and Weisel Communications, … [Read more...]
Greater Washington Contractor Awards 2009 Nominees
The Greater Washington Contractor Awards Nominees for 2009 were announced last night. The annual awards program is produced by the Fairfax County, Va., Chamber of Commerce (Fairfax Chamber), the Professional Services Council and Washington Technology. Winners will be announced at the annual gala on … [Read more...]
Social Media Warning
Before I get into the pros and cons of social media and how government contractors can move into the world of GovCon 2.0 I felt it appropriate to issue this warning: WARNING! SOCIAL MEDIA IS ADDICTIVE Just wade through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or numerous other sites and you'll spot addicts … [Read more...]
SBA Launches New Online Training Course: How to Win Federal Contracts
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering several free online training courses for entrepreneurs interested in government contracting. Several available courses are designed to help entrepreneurs understand the basics about government contracts. These self-paced courses are easy to use … [Read more...]
The NASBC Goes to Bat for Small GovCons
Recently the SBA issued their annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard that let's us know how federal agencies performed as measured against their small business contracting goals. They focused attention on the impressive growth in the actual dollars spent with small businesses over the prior … [Read more...]
South Carolina 8(a) IPW Named National Minority Small Business Of the Year
GovCon congratulates Cyrus Sinor, P.E. and Lawrence Kai-Yun Yeh, P.E., co-CEOs of International Public Works based in South Carolina, on being named National Minority Small Business Of the Year. The announcement came earlier today during the 27th Anniversary of the National Minority Enterprise … [Read more...]
The SBA YouTube Channel Is Live
The SBA rolled out their new YouTube channel today in a press release. They had already begun posting informational videos and currently there are 15 videos uploaded by the SBA plus they have a growing list selection of other videos useful for small businesses. YouTube is highly popular among … [Read more...]
Not Everyone Cheering About SBA Annual Small Business Contracting Report Card
The President of the America Small Business League (ASBL), Lloyd Chapman, is using yesterday's release of the annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard by the SBA to attract more attention to what he believes is a significant problem. He claims the numbers produced each year are fabricated to hide … [Read more...]
SBA Releases Small Business Procurement Scorecard
The Small Business Administration released their third annual small business procurement scorecard reporting small businesses won a record $93.3 billion in federal prime contracts in Fiscal 2008 (Oct. 1, 2007-Sept. 30, 2008). While that number was almost $10 billion more than in 2007, it fell short … [Read more...]
Welcome to GovCon.net the Government Contractors Network
Welcome to GovCon.net. If you are involved in government contracting or interesting in learning how to successfully sell your products or services to the federal, state, and local governments in the United States, you have come to the right place. Perhaps a bit early, but the right place … [Read more...]