House Republicans may take up bipartisan legislation next week to repeal a law requiring the government to withhold 3 percent of contracts, according to a report from The Hill. The House Ways
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The Small Business Administration is considering allowing agencies to get credit toward their annual small-business subcontracting goals for orders placed against multiple-agency contracts, the agency said last week. In a Federal Register
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The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation Thursday by voice vote to repeal a requirement that the Internal Revenue Service withhold 3 percent of all government contracts. Currently, when a company
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the House will vote this month on a repeal of a 3 percent withholding tax on government contracts, Bloomberg reported Monday. The law, scheduled to
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The White House has ordered procurement executives at federal agencies to prepare analyses to ensure they are not duplicating an existing contract before releasing a solicitation. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy
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Changes are expected to contractor compensation due to a new bill that would lower the cap for reimbursements for all federal cost plus contracts. The current level would be reduced from the
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The Defense Department is looking to place a cap on the executive pay of defense contractors, extending the limit from the top five to all positions, according to an All Headline News
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will meet Wednesday to consider a recent report on wasteful spending in contracts for the wars in Afghanistan in Iraq. In a 240-page report
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Federal agencies will aim to cut in half the window in which small business contractors get paid, the White House announced Thursday. Current policy states that contractors must be paid within 30
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NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen has called on the U.S. and European countries to open up their defense markets to international competition. Speaking Monday at an industry event in London, Rasmussen recognized imminent
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