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GAO finds little oversight of Alaska Natives' contract privileges
Kansas City Star
By SEAN COCKERHAM WASHINGTON -- The debate over the sole-source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that found lax oversight of the program.
Report Says Native 8(a) Contracting Programs Need Some WorkKTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
Alaska Native Corps Face New Wave of ScrutinyIndian Country Today Media Network.com

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L2 Federal Resources To Host Webinar On Organizational And Personal Conflicts ...
Daily Markets
Experts speaking at an upcoming webinar hosted by L2 Federal Resources will explain the complicated dynamics of organizational and personal conflicts of interest in government contracting in an age of increasing visibility. This webinar will provide an ...

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CNBC.com

Fifth Time's a Charm: Winning a Government Contract
CNBC.com
Martin-Rosa works with American Express Winning a government contract is not a linear process. Navigating the acronym-laden bureaucracy can stymie the most motivated small business owners, who get bogged down in the paperwork or knocked out of the ...




NACA Responds to GAO Report on Native American Contracting
MarketWatch (press release)
Ms. Lukin stated: "More Native businesses are participating in the 8(a) program to expand their business acumen and, leveraging the experience gained, are competing for government contracts. Clearly the 8(a) program is working as Congress intended.

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VA Violates Federal Law by Illegally Outsourcing Government Jobs, says AFGE
Sacramento Bee
However, according to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the AFL-CIO union that represents over 205000 VA employees, the agency continues to violate federal law by contracting out work that has been traditionally performed by ...

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Daily Nation

Kenyan President Orders 10 Per Cent Of Government Procurement Be Given To Youth
Bernama
NAIROBI, Feb 8 (BERNAMA- NNN-KBC) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has directed that 10 per cent of all government procurement be allocated to youth-owned enterprises so as to further empower them. The president, who also asked the Attorney General and ...
Youths to access public contracts - KibakiDaily Nation
Kibaki wants youth to be given contractsThe Star
State contracts must be accessible to youths – KibakiCapital FM Kenya
AllAfrica.com
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Booz Allen's San Antonio office faces AF debarment
Washington Technology
Apparently, a former government employee hired by Booz Allen inappropriately retained and shared sensitive information about a pending government procurement. "The government's current action does not terminate ongoing work under existing contracts; ...
Contracting Time Out for Booz Allen HamiltonProject on Government Oversight (blog)

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Kairos Consulting Worldwide Wins $1.5 Million National Nuclear Security ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, Feb 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kairos Consulting Worldwide today announced it won a $1.5 million competitive contract to integrate financial systems for the National Nuclear Security Administration. The three-year contract will result in ...

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BBC News

Holyrood's Public Procurement Contracts Failing Scottish SMEs Says New Report
eGov monitor
The Jimmy Reid Foundation recently released a report that says that the existing public procurement system appears to "load the dice in favour of big corporations", impeding small and mid-size enterprises from bagging contracts.
Public contracts in Scotland to have social value clausesThird Sector
Scottish government outlines sustainable procurement goalSupply Management
Scottish firms 'locked out' from procurement contractsBBC News
Civil Society Media -The Construction Index -DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
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The Virginian-Pilot

Revised tenure bill makes current teachers exempt
The Virginian-Pilot
By Kathy Adams The sponsor of a bill to do away with a de facto tenure system for public school teachers has revised it to allow those with existing continuing contracts to keep them. New teachers - anyone who isn't up for a continuing contract by July ...

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