GAO contends that because the VA won't adhere to its decisions about 109-461, they will dismiss all protests involving 109-461. See related news on VetLikeMe.org VA’s Non-Compliance Under Increased Scrutiny SDVOSB Case Decided in Favor of VA … [Read more...]
Duty, Honor, Country—and Unemployed?
Submitted by Hardy R. Stone Jr., publisher of VetLikeMe.org My younger brother shipped out to Afghanistan this month. Sure, we have that helpless feeling that anything can happen in a war zone. Being a disabled veteran, another concern I have is that he will be wounded or injured. He’ll always … [Read more...]
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development – November 2012 Highlights
Empowering Veterans through Entrepreneurship U.S. military veterans own 2.4 million businesses, or nearly 1 in 10 of all businesses nationwide. 8.3 percent of veteran business owners have service-connected disabilities. Veteran-owned businesses generate $1.2 trillion in … [Read more...]
SBA Progress Report on President’s Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development
(SDVOSB News Services) -- Washington, DC, December 7, 2012 The Small Business Administration (SBA) today reported on the progress made during 2012 on the President’s Interagency Task Force on Veterans Business Development. The Task Force, chaired by SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns, included … [Read more...]
Opportunity to Watch: Professional, Technical, Administrative and Program Support Services (PTAPSS)
A day in the world of federal contracting isn’t complete without a new acronym named contracting opportunity. Enter PTAPSS! What is PTAPSS? In short this is a contract used by the Department of State to fill a wide variety of staff augmentation needs at several locations around the U.S. and some … [Read more...]
SBA Launches ‘Operation Boots to Business’
Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup to Help Them Start Businesses and Create Jobs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has joined with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to launch a training program for transitioning … [Read more...]
Veterans Win Significant Procurement Battle
Last year, the United States Association of Veterans in Business ("USAVETBIZ") urged Congress for agovernment-wide preference in contracting and set-aside programs that extended the existing preference for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses ("SDVOSB") to all veteran-owned small … [Read more...]