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President Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Package

President Biden signed a long awaited Infrastructure bill on November 15, 2021. This bill includes $550 billion in new spending for public transit, passenger rail, bridges, water and sewer systems, high-speed internet, electric vehicle infrastructure, and investments in the electric ...

2023-10-05T11:18:30-04:00November 29th, 2021|Categories: SLED|

Cybersecurity and Government Procurement: CMMC 2.0 Model

Cybersecurity and Government Procurement: CMMC 2.0 Model Great news for government contractors working in the Cybersecurity industry! This week, after an internal review of CMMC 1.0 earlier this year, the Pentagon announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) is ...

2023-10-05T11:18:30-04:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: SLED|

African-American Pioneers in Technology Inspired Today’s High-Tech World

If you’re reading this, you’re probably using one of the most valuable inventions of our time: the internet. Without this worldwide connection, many of your daily tasks wouldn’t exist—whether that’s checking your work email, updating your Facebook status, or reading ...

2023-10-05T11:18:33-04:00February 6th, 2020|Categories: SLED|

‘Lowest Price’ vs. ‘Best Value’: Why money really “isn’t everything” in GovSales

If you’ve started working on your GovSales strategy, you’ve likely heard some talk about agencies always choosing “the cheapest price.” This is one of the most widely-spread myths of selling to the government, but it does come from somewhere.  ...

2023-10-13T08:41:32-04:00January 31st, 2020|Categories: SLED|

Why You Should Have a ‘Resolution’ for Your Business

Each year, Americans spend the first week of January planning their New Year’s Resolutions. We vow to exercise more, eat healthier, save money, travel more, drink less caffeine. These “goals” are well-meaning, but they’re also short-lived, according to modern ...

2023-10-27T03:46:39-04:00January 22nd, 2020|Categories: SLED|

End of the Year Spending: How does the government kick off the new year?

We’ve discussed the differing fiscal years within the government space and how you can leverage that information to win more business. However, no matter how distinct these fiscal years are, there’s one part of the standard calendar that affects ...

2023-10-27T03:49:14-04:00December 12th, 2019|Categories: SLED|

The Low-Down on the Fiscal Year: When does the government buy?

While most of us consider the fiscal year and the calendar year to be one-and-the-same (beginning in January, ending in December, just like we all learned in kindergarten), government entities operate on a completely different schedule. If you’re involved ...

2023-10-13T06:07:34-04:00December 2nd, 2019|Categories: SLED|