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	<title>Government Contracting Best Practices » Government contracting and bids</title>
	
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	<description>Articles and tips on how your business can win more government contracts.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Government Small Business Contracts Are More Important than Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government Contracts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The third annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard was released by the SBA last week.  The scorecard was launched at the end of fiscal year 2006 in order to provide a concise, transparent evaluation of federal agencies’ performance against their small business contracting goals.  These goals are set by the SBA, and while they vary from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Bids &amp; Contract Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/government-bids-contract-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/government-bids-contract-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government Contracts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House Office of Management and Budget recently announced a series of government contracting reforms that are slated to save $40 billion a year.  The reforms are taking a 3-pronged approach, targeting improved acquisition, workforce management, and contractor accountability.  Government contractors can do themselves a huge favor by following this sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subcontracting Plan – A Guide for Prime Contractors</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/subcontracting-plan-%e2%80%93-a-guide-for-prime-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/subcontracting-plan-%e2%80%93-a-guide-for-prime-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government Subcontracting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Government agencies are required to award a certain percentage of their contracting funds to small businesses.  Each year, these requirements receive more examination and reinforcement from the SBA, elected officials, and the public at large.  In the current economic climate, with job creation a high priority, small business set-asides are under more scrutiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win US Government Contracts Using Economic Stimulus Spending Data</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/win-us-government-contracts-economic-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/win-us-government-contracts-economic-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Research &amp; Government Business Intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Succeed in an Economic Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 8, Onvia CEO Mike Pickett submitted testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, at the Third Stimulus Oversight Hearing to Examine Challenges Facing States, Local Governments.  He spoke about the difficulties US government agencies have in quickly and completely providing transparency into their spending and contract awards.
Since the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal RFPs – Anatomy of a Federal Request for Proposals</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/federal-rfps-federal-request-for-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/federal-rfps-federal-request-for-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government Contracts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government RFPs And Proposal Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RFPs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the state and local level, government RFPs can vary immensely in size, structure and content.  Experience with one local agency’s RFP format and bidding process might not necessarily help a contractor navigate another agency’s RFP.  Thanks to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), however, the same cannot be said of federal RFPs.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Contracting Locally</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/government-contracting-locally/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/government-contracting-locally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 22:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Contracting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buyers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[local]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the United States moves deeper into a recession period, businesses are turning to government contracting as an additional source of revenue.  Many businesses try federal government contracting first, but the size and scope of these high-competition jobs can be discouraging.  In a time when it’s vital to pursue every possible business opportunity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is My State’s Economic Stimulus Funding Going?</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/where-is-my-state%e2%80%99s-economic-stimulus-funding-going/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/where-is-my-state%e2%80%99s-economic-stimulus-funding-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Succeed in an Economic Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tracking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been passed and stimulus money is starting to become more available, many Americans are asking, “where is my state’s economic stimulus funding going?”
In many states, taxpayers have yet to see any real results from the economic stimulus.  While it’s easy to become frustrated with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government Bid Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/federal-government-bid-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/federal-government-bid-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government Contracts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[partnering]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[teaming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of government agencies at the federal level, and each one of them uses government contractors to provide a wide variety of goods and services, from office supplies to IT consulting to engineering and construction.  This means that each year, there are thousands of federal government bid opportunities.  Many government contractors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSA Contract Pricing</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/gsa-contract-pricing/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/gsa-contract-pricing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contract Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A contractor has settled a lawsuit with the General Services Administration to the tune of $128 million dollars for not offering its lowest available pricing on a Federal Supply Service contract.
The contractor, California-based NetApp Inc., got into trouble under the False Claims Act, a “whistleblower” act that allows people not affiliated with the government to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Proposal Writing Service for Government RFPs</title>
		<link>http://gov.onvia.com/proposal-writing-service/</link>
		<comments>http://gov.onvia.com/proposal-writing-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government RFPs And Proposal Writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[proposals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gov.onvia.com/?p=277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve covered how to write a winning government proposal pretty extensively in earlier posts.  However, a government proposal is a complex and time-consuming document to prepare.  For businesses without much government contracting experience, it can be difficult to even know where to begin when it comes to writing a government proposal, let alone [...]]]></description>
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