Mayor Dave is visiting one of Madison’s many sister Cities: Mantova, Italy. Props to the mayor for paying his own way. Perhaps another approach is in order: hold a drawing for ordinary citizens to make the trip…..
Daily Archives: January 10, 2005
SBA: New Small Business Government Contract Rules
The SBA’s Office of Advocacy announced recently that roughly $2 billion in federal contracting money that was believed to have gone to small businesses actually went to large companies in fiscal year 2002. The reason: Larger companies like Titan, Raytheon, General Dynamics and Hewlett-Packard bought the small businesses that originally received the contracts.
Since the government strives to award 23% of all prime-contract dollars to small businesses, the SBA has implemented a new monitoring system that will force companies to recertify their small business status if they take part in an acquisition