Believe it or not, the federal government is making it easier for contractors to conduct business online. There are several tools that allow contractors to submit information to the government over the web. Here’s an overview of some helpful tools:
FBO.gov – FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for federal contracting opportunities over $25,000. This [...]

If you’ve considered doing business with state and local government, but haven’t taken the plunge yet, now might be the right time. Despite a gloomy economic forecast in other sectors, analysts still forecast that the local government market will remain strong through 2009.
While the U.S. federal government remains the largest buyer in the world, state [...]

In my entry last week I talked about how to get your business registered to work with the Federal government – what forms you need to fill out, registration numbers you need to get, I’s to dot, T’s to cross, etc.
Once those things are done, there are only two more things you’ll need to get [...]

The U.S. government is the largest consumer in the country, spending nearly $589 billion each fiscal year on contracts. The government is also an omnivorous consumer, spending that money on everything from office furniture to food services to medical personnel to highly advanced technologies.
For an entrepreneur or small-business owner, the thought of entering such a [...]

With the looming recession upon us, businesses are starting to cut back their budgets for goods and services, while the government has plans to increase spending in an effort to boost the economy.  Small business owners feeling the economic crunch are starting to take notice of the big spender named Uncle Sam and seeing how [...]