CHAMP: One of Many GSA Programs that helps agencies connect with the right vendor After obtaining your GSA Schedule, finding government programs to participate in is critical to becoming a successful... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] … [Read more...]
GSA’s Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program not Just for Federal
GSA sends reminder that program includes state and local Governments With Hurricane season coming up, GSA schedule holders received an email reminder on August 15th from fss.online.gsa.gov detailing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] … [Read more...]
The Importance of Voice in Writing
Nothing you ever read should be boring. Of course, this would require every piece of written material to achieve a certain level of entertainment, grabbing your attention and holding it hostage, page after page. Impossible? … [Read more...]
‘Trust me’ is federal policy on policing preference fraud – part 2, The Washington Examiner
This five part article is written by Mark Flatten for The Washington Examiner is the most comprehensive I’ve read on this serious issue. Part II of this series on fraud in the SDVOSB procurement process details the myth of self-certification. ‘Trust me’ to tell the truth about my … [Read more...]
SDVOSB Fraud Investigation – five part series
Well fancy that…Just after the Veteran-Owned Small Business Conference in St. Louis, several media stories have surfaced in the Washington Examiner on fraud within the SDVOSB set-aside program. We all know that fraud has always plagued the program, but now the public and government officials … [Read more...]
Time to review your VetBiz profile
Our friends at Coley GSA offered some great advice in their most recent blog post: Review Your VetBiz Profile On August 1, 2013, the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) sent out an email to all registered businesses asking them to remove any NAICS in their VetBiz VIP profile under which the … [Read more...]
Visual Literacy
You wouldn't write a press release announcing your company's hotly anticipated Next Big Thing if you couldn't write. And by “couldn’t write” we mean, honest-to-goodness couldn't write – Not, "omg I am so flunking english ths yr FML," but more like, "I am seriously illiterate and cannot write." … [Read more...]
Social Media Beats Cable Again
What does democracy look like in the United States in 2013? None of the major cable news networks could tell you, as they were busy covering, uh, blueberry muffin calories while history was being made in the Texas Senate. … [Read more...]
To team or not team, that is the question! by Alex Brown
Design-by-Committee: A Cautionary Tale
Allow me to indulge you with a fictitious cautionary tale. Our friend Margo was once commissioned by the “Animal Makers Company” (AMC) to design an innovative and useful new creature, called a “horse.” … [Read more...]
7 Traits of Effective Graphic Designers
Let's imagine, if you will, a world where every graphic design firm relied solely on good faith. A world where designers didn't have to prove themselves before helping win your bid. Now immediately destroy that world because that world sucks. … [Read more...]
PowerPoint is NOT Graphic Design Software
I would keep writing that over and over again, but at the risk of you leaving the page, I suppose twice will suffice. It can be argued that PPT is flawed enough as a presentation software, so why the f#%~ … [Read more...]