Professional Services Council

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a field hearing on technology and the federal government Friday in Northern Virginia, where they heard testimony from large and small information technology companies and government officials about the top technology issues affecting government today.

The hearing was meant to provide access to extensive private-sector IT expertise within Northern Virginia and the National Capital region. It was also an opportunity for federal officials and state and local government partners to share best technology practices amid top technology challenges, including cybersecurity, cloud conversion and data center consolidation, and look at innovative ways to promote efficiency in government IT operations. Keep reading →

The U.S. government is the world’s largest single purchaser of goods and services. But not even the federal government has been immune from needing to cut costs dramatically, which in turn has had a sweeping impact on contractors–and small business contractors in particular.

A new survey of 740 active small businesses pursuing government work found that small businesses are having to spend more to bid on government contracts, are being rebuffed with greater frequency, but being rewarded for their persistence. Keep reading →

When is a small business not a small business? When it’s a large business. Confused? So is Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).

McCaskill thinks the classification standard used by the government to categorize businesses for statistical purposes “simply doesn’t make sense” when applied to the federal small-business contract-award process and wants to do something about it. Keep reading →