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IGs push for greater whistleblower protections for contractors
Whistleblowers at government contractors need better protections against reprisal and need to know how to contact agency inspectors general. Two IGs and a whistleblower awaiting trial were among the witnesses at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. It is considering legislation to extend federal whistleblower protections to all contractors, subcontractors and local governments receiving federal funds.
Tags: contracting , whistleblowers , Senate , Claire McCaskill , Rob Portman , Walter Tamosaitis , Hanford Waste Treatment Plan , Energy , DoD , Marguerite Garrison , Peggy Gustafson , Recovery Act , transparency , URS , Bechtel , Emily Kopp
Small business contracting chief leaving for OMB
Joseph Jordan will begin his new job in mid-December as adviser to OMB Deputy Director Jeff Zients, an OMB spokeswoman told Federal News Radio. He joined the Small Business Administration in March 2009.
Tags: Joseph Jordan , people , OMB , contracting , acquisition , Ruben Gomez
Senate confirms Obama's chief counsel for advocacy nominee
Dr. Winslow Sargeant will be the new chief counsel for advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
Tags: Winslow Sargeant , Office of Advocacy , President Obama , Senate , Congress
Analysis: Vets need small biz guidance
Scott Denniston, executive director of programs at the National Veteran-Owned Business Association, discusses the barriers to veterans getting small business contracts.
Tags: Scott Denniston , VA , contracting , In Depth , National Veteran-Owned Business Association
Analysis: No 'unincentive' to commit small biz fraud
Guy Timberlake is co-founder of the American Small Business Coalition.
Tags: Guy Timberlake , american Small Business Coalition , GSA , contracting , In Depth
Senators call for probe into veteran-owned contracting
Three senators are calling for a Government Accountability Office investigation to ensure federal contracts are actually going to businesses owned by veterans and service-disabled vets.
Tags: Patty Murray , Claire McCaskill , Maria Cantwell , Senate , VA , veteran-owned business , contracting , acquisition , Small Business Act
IGs recommend harsher deterrents for small biz fraud
The inspectors general at the General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration propose the government prosecute small business contract fraud based on the contract amount instead of the financial loss to the government.
Tags: Peggy Gustafson , Brian Miller , GSA , IG , contracting , contracting fraud , acquisition , Jolie Lee
Agencies can say no to GAO recs
By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO's recommendations — but most do, says William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.
Tags: William Welch , General Counsel , GAO , VA , contracting , bid protest , In Depth , Congress
Obama takes more steps on own to help businesses
Tags: management , BusinessUSA.gov , job creation , Congress
FCC helps small biz with cybersecurity plans
The agency has launched its Small Biz Cyber Planner to help businesses make a cybersecurity protection plan
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , In Depth , Multichannel.com , FCC
