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The Government Technology & Services Coalition unifies small and mid-sized companies to form one voice, and together, cast a larger footprint on the Federal homeland / security market.
GTSC Members in GTSConnection
Read about your colleagues in GTSC who are saving money and time for the public sector in GTSConnection in Government Security News Magazine here.
What You Should Be Reading
Presentation as War
Chuck Boyer & Bill Dunne
Botching a presentation can be costly, even for a big vendor. For a small one it can be fatal. The usual reason for botched pitches is simple: Managers and executives put all their focus on the data — on the payload. [More...]
What are They Saying?
Information Technology GAO Needs to Improve its Independent Acquisition Reviews Read report here.
GAO recommends that DHS 1) update its acquisition policy to reflect elements of effective IV&V; 2) monitor and ensure implementation of this policy on applicable new and ongoing IT programs; and 3) collect data on IV&V usage and use it to evaluate [More...]
What It Means!
In the early-1990s, like today, the value of federal programs was facing unprecedented scrutiny. To meet the demands for additional accountability and transparency in government programs, Congress enacted the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. GPRA sought to improve the management of federal programs by linkingagency budget requests and program results. [More...]
GTS Coalition – Advocating for small and medium security companies in the Federal security market- Bill Would Authorize New Preferences & Calls for “sticks” to Assure Contracts to Small BusinessCongressman Bill Owens (D-NY) introduced the Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012 (H.R. 3779) in January. The bill is designed to ensure that government agencies provide more work for small business concern by authorizing blanket preferences and providing for monetary sanctions for the failure to meet annual goals. Owens is the bill’s […]
- Increase Debarment for Small Business MisrepresentationsSection 1683 of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 4310, as approved last week by the House Committee on Armed Services, proposes an amendment to the Small Business Act to clarify that misrepresentation as to small business status in order to obtain certain prime contracts or subcontracts is an independent basis for suspension or […]
- Bill Would Authorize New Preferences & Calls for “sticks” to Assure Contracts to Small Business