Preston: Small-biz contracting goal will be tougher to meet

RICHMOND, Va. — A new rule requiring small businesses to recertify their size regularly may hinder agencies’ current goal of awarding 23 percent of contracting dollars to small businesses, a Small Business Administration official said June 4.

The changes will make it harder for agencies to meet the 23 percent goal, SBA Administrator Steven Preston said in a speech at the Management of Change conference. He is, therefore, against increasing the small-business goal to 30 percent, he added.

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Doan's attorney: OSC's report off the mark, unfair

A report by the Office of Special Counsel that states Lurita Doan, administrator of the General Services Administration, violated the Hatch Act is far off the mark and unfair and needs to be disregarded, her attorney, Michael Nardotti, wrote in a letter to OSC.

He also wrote that Special Counsel Scott Bloch prepared a premature and prejudicial provision of the draft and final reports, which were leaked to the media.

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Sade: Be mentors

Contracting officials nearing retirement should get a lighter workload so they can share their procurement know-how with younger employees, said a senior procurement official who is concerned about losing federal acquisition expertise.

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