Agencies take their business elsewhere
After a decade-long stretch of red-hot IT sales at the General Services Administration, other federal agencies started looking elsewhere for IT procurements in 2004. In 2005, for the first time in years, GSA’s IT sales actually declined.
GSA’s information technology business is even more troubled than its chiefs initially let on. Revenues for its niche business of assisting agencies in buying highly customized systems and services — known as IT solutions — plummeted nearly $3 billion — about 40 percent — in the last two years.
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Friday, April 07, 2006
Telework in the Buff
There is one advantage to working from home you won't hear about from those who advocate for greater flexibilities in government agency's telework policies. According to a recent survey, 10 percent of teleworkers worldwide work in the nude. Another 39 percent wear sweats when working out of their homes.
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Lives of the Rich and Famous Tax Deadbeats
GAO finds 10 percent of GSA contractors owe back taxes
About 10 percent of all contractors hired by the General Services Administration owed $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes as of last June 30, GAO officials testified Tuesday before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.
In the third hearing on delinquent contractors, GAO officials told the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the agency does not routinely check whether prospective contractors have tax liens against them or have failed to pay the payroll taxes they have collected from employees, which is a felony.
Some abuses were so egregious, said Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Norm Coleman, R-Minn., they could be turned into a reality TV show called, "Lives of the Rich and Famous Tax Deadbeats
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About 10 percent of all contractors hired by the General Services Administration owed $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes as of last June 30, GAO officials testified Tuesday before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.
In the third hearing on delinquent contractors, GAO officials told the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the agency does not routinely check whether prospective contractors have tax liens against them or have failed to pay the payroll taxes they have collected from employees, which is a felony.
Some abuses were so egregious, said Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Norm Coleman, R-Minn., they could be turned into a reality TV show called, "Lives of the Rich and Famous Tax Deadbeats
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How a Loss Can Turn Into a Win
Thank you to the US Department of Health and Human Services for this story from their most recent newsletter: HHS Pulse. Subscribe here.
In 2003, the owners of a relatively new company, TurningPoint Global Solutions, pursued a small business contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). TurningPoint was one of 23 companies that submitted a bid even though it had no prior relationship with FDA staff. Not surprisingly, TurningPoint didn’t win the contract.
Instead, the firm’s managing partners, Bangalore Shivacharan and David Hughes, used the procurement post-award debriefing as an advantage to get TurningPoint’s foot in the door and meet what would soon become its future client. “The debriefing presented us with the opportunity to meet the FDA staff and develop personal relationships and gain the confidence with the individuals at FDA who make the procurement decisions,” said TurningPoint’s Hughes.
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In 2003, the owners of a relatively new company, TurningPoint Global Solutions, pursued a small business contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). TurningPoint was one of 23 companies that submitted a bid even though it had no prior relationship with FDA staff. Not surprisingly, TurningPoint didn’t win the contract.
Instead, the firm’s managing partners, Bangalore Shivacharan and David Hughes, used the procurement post-award debriefing as an advantage to get TurningPoint’s foot in the door and meet what would soon become its future client. “The debriefing presented us with the opportunity to meet the FDA staff and develop personal relationships and gain the confidence with the individuals at FDA who make the procurement decisions,” said TurningPoint’s Hughes.
To learn How to Do Business with HHS and Access a $600 Billion Market click here.
10 Cool Colleges for Entrepreneurs
Fortune Small Business (FSB) is out with an interesting list of ten cool colleges for entrepreneurs. Instead of ranking schools, FSB opted to list schools that are doing interesting and innovative things in terms of teaching entrepreneurship.
The list includes:
-DePaul
-Florida International (FIU)
-Harvard
-Howard
-Simmons College
-Sitting Bull College
-University of Arizona
-Tucson
-University of Colorado
-Boulder
-University of Texas
-Austin and the University of Rochester
Several of these schools (FlU, Howard, and Rochester) were winners of grants from the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation. Others had unique niches like Sitting Bull College’s focus on Native American entrepreneurship, Colorado’s stress on “green” entrepreneurship, and Simmons College’s focus on supporting women entrepreneurs.
Click here for the article “Ten Cool Colleges for Entrepreneurs,” by Patricia Gray, which appears in the March 2, 2006 edition of Fortune Small Business.
The list includes:
-DePaul
-Florida International (FIU)
-Harvard
-Howard
-Simmons College
-Sitting Bull College
-University of Arizona
-Tucson
-University of Colorado
-Boulder
-University of Texas
-Austin and the University of Rochester
Several of these schools (FlU, Howard, and Rochester) were winners of grants from the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation. Others had unique niches like Sitting Bull College’s focus on Native American entrepreneurship, Colorado’s stress on “green” entrepreneurship, and Simmons College’s focus on supporting women entrepreneurs.
Click here for the article “Ten Cool Colleges for Entrepreneurs,” by Patricia Gray, which appears in the March 2, 2006 edition of Fortune Small Business.
Security Institute Conference
The Third Annual Government Security Market:Opportunities and Challenges
•April 24-25, 2006
National Press Club529
14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
The Security Institute was created to further the education and information sharing among providers of security services and security end users. We partner with many leading organizations and associations working to improve security by opening additional lines of communication between commercial vendors of security products and services and a wide range of security end users, including the corporate and government communities. The Security Institute offers educational programs for security service provider management regarding business operations and marketing, as well as targeted programs for security end users.
For more information and registration, click here
•April 24-25, 2006
National Press Club529
14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
The Security Institute was created to further the education and information sharing among providers of security services and security end users. We partner with many leading organizations and associations working to improve security by opening additional lines of communication between commercial vendors of security products and services and a wide range of security end users, including the corporate and government communities. The Security Institute offers educational programs for security service provider management regarding business operations and marketing, as well as targeted programs for security end users.
For more information and registration, click here
OSDBU Conference April 20, 2006
Come by the TargetGov booth #205 on Thursday, April 20, 2006
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Show Place Arena
14900 Pennsylvania Avenue
Upper Marlboro, MD
The OSDBU Procurement Conference is a national conference fostering business partnerships between the Federal Government, its Prime Contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses.
The cost to attend the OSDBU 2006 Conference is $100 for industry attendees registering before 4/1/2006 and $175 for industry attendees registering on or after 4/1/2006.
Click here to go to the secure on-line attendee registration form.
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Show Place Arena
14900 Pennsylvania Avenue
Upper Marlboro, MD
The OSDBU Procurement Conference is a national conference fostering business partnerships between the Federal Government, its Prime Contractors, and small, minority, service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses.
The cost to attend the OSDBU 2006 Conference is $100 for industry attendees registering before 4/1/2006 and $175 for industry attendees registering on or after 4/1/2006.
Click here to go to the secure on-line attendee registration form.
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