Government Contracts

Why Customers Are Disappearing, Why Higher Unemployment Is the Likely Result, and Why Many in Washington Don't Have Half a Brain

Robert Reich | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Government Spending, Jobs, Sequester, Spending Cuts, Government Contracts, Customers, Business News

Can we just put aside ideology for one minute and agree that businesses hire more workers if they have more customers, and fire workers if they have fewer customers?

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Small Business Is the Engine of America

Phil Archuletta | Posted 11.17.2012 | Small Business

Read More: Small Business Contracts, Small Business Owners, Government Contracting, Recovery Act, Government Contracts, Stimulus, Small Business News

I have been receiving many hate-letters since speaking at the RNC. Here is a response to one letter from a small business owner.

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Is Progress Possible?

Gary Hart | Posted 08.02.2012 | Politics

For those who believe in a society, that to some degree we are all in this together, there are three choices: resist change, stagnate or progress. So far, no one has discovered how to progress without the institutions of government.

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A Morally Reprehensible Problem

David Isenberg | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics

Trafficking in persons takes different forms. It might be forced labor, sex trafficking or bonded labor, to name a few examples. We now have people enslaved than at any time in human history, with estimates ranging from 12 to 27 million people.

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GSA Scandal Is a Window to the Way Washington Really Works

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.09.2012 | Small Business

Maybe it was the fact that the administrator was forced to resign and two employees were fired. Truth be told, a lot of administration heads should probably resign. These abuses are not unique to the Obama administration; they've gone on for decades.

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How The SBA Can Better Serve The Other 29,353,039 Small Businesses

Gene Marks | Posted 03.19.2012 | Small Business

The Small Business Administration shouldn't be in the business of telling us how to run our business. There are plenty of highly qualified professionals out there to provide this kind of help. The SBA should be in the business of helping us do business with the Federal government.

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Why Solyndra and Not Boeing

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.18.2011 | Politics

Read More: Boeing Extraordinary Rendition, Boeing Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Politics News

President Obama faces increased scrutiny over a solar energy company, Solyndra, that received half a billion dollars from the administration, only to ...

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Obama To Speed Government Payments To Small Businesses

Reuters | Posted 11.14.2011 | Small Business

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Steve Holland) - President Barack Obama will announce plans on Wednesday to accelerate payments to small businesses with governm...

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Calling The Tune: How Companies Do Good To Do Deals

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 09.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Boeing, Corporate Philanthropy, Pentagon, Lobbying Payments, Politics News, Lobbying, Government Contracts, Chevron, Defense Department, Politics News

WASHINGTON — As Boeing lobbied against a rival aerospace company to win a $35 billion government contract, its activities included a curious don...

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Inside Bachmann's Husband's Failed Government Contract

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.31.2011 | Politics

Read More: Washington County, Recovery, Drug Treatment, Public Funding, Michele Bachmann, Government Contracts, Marcus Bachmann, Elections 2012, Bachmann & Associates, Tea Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann may have a more personal reason to hate government funding than fellow conservatives. The GOP presidential candida...

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SBA's New Web Site Is a Clunker

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The U.S. Small Business Administration has a cadre of talented staff whose goal is to help small-business owners succeed. Yet, if there was ever a way to tell someone to not go into business, their newly redesigned website is it.

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Winning Government Contracts: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Julia L. Rogers | Posted 08.09.2011 | Small Business

The U.S. government is the biggest consumer of products and services in the world. And some $500 billion of Uncle Sam's ever-expanding budget goes to ...

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Quinn Reviews Blagojevich-Era Contracts In Budget Crisis

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Government Contracts, Illinois Governor 2010, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Budget Crisis, Governor Pat Quinn, Chicago News

In an effort to cut spending across the board, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will examine more than 250 government contracts issued by his predecessor, ...

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Scheming Businessman Holds Conference On Profiting Off "Bailout Bonanza"

Center For Public Integrity | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Fred Steinberd, B2G Institute, Government Contracting, Government Bailout, Bailout, Government Contracts, Politics News

Meet Fred Steinberg. He "will personally outline what you must know for your company to prosper under the 'new capitalism' emerging from Washington," ...

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Where To Find Stimulus Contracts

Real Time Investigations, Sunlight Projects | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Recovery Sites, Government Contracts, Disclosure, Federal Contracts, Contract Award, recovery.gov, Politics News

A company that offers outsourcing services to federal and state governments got a a contract award for $2.8 million in funds from the American Recover...

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