Women-Owned Small Businesses Get an Extra Boost in 2013 Less than halfway through the year, 2013 already has brought promising opportunities for women small business owners. In January, President Obama signed into law a new provision that removed the $4 million and $6.5 million caps on federal contract awards in the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting program. The removal of the caps is a giant step forward for women business own... Read More Natalie | May 02, 2013
ChallengeHER Gives Women-Owned Small Businesses an Extra Boost in 2013 Less than halfway through the year, 2013 has already brought promising opportunities for women small business owners. In January, a new provision removed the $4 million and $6.5 million caps on federal contract awards in the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting program, giving women small business owners a greater chance to get their fair share of government contracts. ... Read More Natalie | May 02, 2013
New Law to Encourage Growth of Women-Owned Businesses In January of this year, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2013, which contained language that is aimed at helping small businesses win more contracts with the federal government. One provision of the law is particularly promising for women small business owners because it removes caps on the dollar amounts of awards for which women-owned businesses ar... Read More Natalie | April 01, 2013
Preparing your Small Business for Sequester Survival The federal government will cut about 17% of its average yearly contract spending of $500 billion due to sequestration. Although the $85 billion cuts in spending are unavoidable at this point, the government will not cease to purchase its day-to-day functional services and products, and Fed Biz Opps (FBO.gov), the single government point-of-entry for federal government procurement opportunit... Read More Natalie | March 04, 2013
2013 is the Year for Women-Owned Small Business Contractors This is one of the most important times for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs). As women are now one of the fastest-growing and most prolific economic forces in the nation, more women-owned small businesses need to look towards the federal government as a viable customer. The government did its part by implementing the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Set-Aside Program in 2011. More ... Read More Natalie | February 14, 2013