Presenting at the National 8(a) 2014 Winter Conference The National 8(a) Association is holding its 2014 winter Conference on February 11th and 12th at the Disney Yacht Club in Orlando, Florida. Gloria Larkin, President of TargetGov, will be presenting “How to Refresh Your Capability Statement in Three Steps.” Visit www.national8aassociation.org for more information about this event. The 2014 Winter Conference is poised to address the u... Read More Natalie | February 09, 2014
What small business owners should know about the new Obamacare report Congressional budget analysts on Tuesday released revised estimates concerning the economic footprint of the health care law, spawning another round of headlines declaring that Obamacare will take a massive bite out of workers’ hours and eliminate millions of jobs. Thing is, that’s not what the report said at all. In fact, the nonpartisan group’s predictions actually r... Read More Natalie | February 05, 2014
Small business owners breathe sigh of relief as Obama taps SBA leader It had been nearly a year since the White House started searching for a new leader for the Small Business Administration, and more than four months since the former top executive gave up the wait and departed, leaving the agency in the hands of a more-than-capable but not-quite-official interim leader. During that time, the complex health care law rolled out, hundreds of new federal regulations w... Read More Natalie | January 21, 2014
Federal Contracts Plunge, Squeezing Private Companies The big business of Washington — federal contract work — is losing some steam. After spiraling higher for much of the last decade, the value of federal contracts awarded to companies is falling rapidly. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the total fell by $58 billion, or roughly 11 percent. It was the steepest decline — in percentage and nominal terms — in at least ... Read More Natalie | January 15, 2014
How One Small Business Got Big At the most recent She Owns It business group meeting, the owners were joined by a guest, Rebecca Cenni, who founded Atrium Staffing in 1995. Atrium is a staffing and payroll firm with about 130 employees, $140 million in annual sales, and offices in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and four cities in New Jersey. Ms. Cenni talked about the challenges of growing and managing her bu... Read More Natalie | November 20, 2013