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SBA head: Agency will avoid major blow from cuts
Tags: sequestration , SBA ,
SBA head Karen Mills resigning
Karen Mills, the head of the Small Business Administration, is resigning. Mills says she will stay on until a successor is confirmed.
Tags: SBA , people , Barack Obama
OFPP, SBA trying to fix small business contracting shortcomings
Procurement chief Joe Jordan and SBA Administrator Karen Mills highlighted three long-time challenges in a new memo to senior agency officials. Agencies have until July 9 to detail steps they will take to address three areas.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition workforce , SBA , OMB , OFPP , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , Joe Jordan , Jason Miller , small business
SESers recognized for leadership, results with Presidential Rank Awards
The White House honored 54 Senior Executive Service members for their work in 2011. Combined, the honorees saved or helped the government avoid spending $36 billion.
Tags: workforce , Senior Executive Service , management , Senior Executives Association , SBA , Presidential Distinguished Rank Awards , Jason Miller
Obama elevates SBA to Cabinet announces business website
As part of a sweeping government reorganization first unveiled nearly a year ago, President Barack Obama announced the elevation of the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency.
Tags: SBA , government reorganization , Barack Obama , Commerce , BusinessUSA.gov
OFPP calls for more micro-purchase spending with small firms
A new memo from OFPP and OMB tells agencies to improve training to buy more from small businesses through the government charge card.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , SBA , OFPP , OMB , Dan Gordon , Danny Werfel , micro-purchase threshold , government charge card , GSA , Small business contracting , Jason Miller
SBA: Having trouble getting the loans out
Business is a little too good at SBA
Agencies fall short of most small business goals
Only GSA meets all five contracting goals. Two agencies did not meet any of the five goals.
Tags: contracting , Sen. Mary Landrieu , Mary Parks , SBA , Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneu , GSA , Small business contracting scorecard , Small disadvantaged businesses , women-owned business , Service disabled veteran-owned businesses , HUBZone businesses
SBA Administrator Mills says Recovery Act benefitting small businesses
Agency to promote stimulus contract opportunities in more than 200 events around the country. Mills says more than $2.2 billion has gone to small firms.
Tags: contracting , SBA , Commerce , Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committ
SBA assures senator it's fixing management problems
The agency responds to Sen. Olympia Snowe's letter with the specific steps it's taking to improve human resources issues. The Maine Republican wrote to SBA after Federal News Radio's investigation into alleged whistleblower retaliation, human resources fraud and contracting fraud.
Tags: management , Olympia Snowe , SBA , Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committ , Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA , whistleblower protection , Jason Miller
