by Lisa Dolan, CPP | Sep 21, 2023 | Blog
On September 1, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an order in Ultima Services Corp. v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, et. al., Case No. 2:20-cv-00041, following the status hearing held on August 31, 2023. In my previous blog I...
by Lisa Dolan, CPP | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog
According to the SBA’s 8(a) certification website… On July 19, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee enjoined SBA from applying a rebuttable presumption of social disadvantage to individuals of certain racial groups...
by Jack Goldsborough | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog
The 3-part series "Insecure" on the private security industry by Time author Alana Semuels is the latest media hit piece on the shortcomings of the contract guard business. With a seemingly endless collection of anecdotal evidence – albeit some or...
by Lisa Dolan, CPP | Dec 9, 2022 | Blog
What is CPARS and how can you use it as a marketing tool in the Govcon space? Most people know what Yelp is and how important it is to your business if you are a restaurant or a hotel or any number of other establishments that rely on positive ratings. Yelp can be...
by Lisa Dolan, CPP | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog
Attention Veteran Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. In this two-part blog series, we are going to highlight and peel back the onion on some of the proposed draft rules that the SBA recently issued in August on the Veteran Owned Small Business...
by Lisa Dolan, CPP | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog
Government agencies have mandates for large businesses to subcontract a percentage of their contracts to qualified small businesses. Additionally, the Government has numerous programs specifically designed to afford small businesses an advantage over their larger...