SmallGovCon Week In Review: December 7-11, 2015

With the unseasonably warm temperatures here in Kansas this week, we are trying to get ourselves into the holiday spirit as we patiently await the snow (not that I’m complaining if we don’t get any!)

As the holidays approach, here is our last edition of the SmallGovCon Week In Review.  In this edition, changes are on the way with the DoD mentor-protege program, the Senate will consider a bill to sharply curtail the use of reverse auctions, charges are made in an alleged $10.35 million bribery scheme, and more.

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SBA Moving Closer To “Universal” Mentor-Protege Implementation

The SBA is moving toward implementing its proposed “universal” mentor-protege program for all small businesses.

According to testimony presented by the SBA’s Associate Administrator for Government Contracting Business Development at a recent Congressional hearing, the SBA has put together a Mentor-Protege Program Expansion Project Team to oversee the implementation of the new program.

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