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Sequestration, the $1.2 trillion poison pill that the Congress and the White House built after last year’s Supercommittee failure to find agreement on cutting the nation’s budget, might become a colossal hangover for the nation on January 3, 2013. It could also, however, create business ...

Deltek analysts presented the results from the Clarity GovCon Industry Study 2011, the third of its kind, on March 13, 2012. The numbers spotlight an industry that's facing an uncertain financial future, but one that is proactively and quickly changing the ways it performs on its current ...

Over the course of his 30 years in the government contracting industry, Bob Lohfeld, president of the Lohfeld Consulting Group, carefully observed both how and especially why businesses were winning contracts. During GovWin's "Improving Win Rates: Strategies and Tactics to Raise Your Success" ...

GovWin gets better the more you use it, but from time to time we often find ways that we can improve even the little things. This week, we're releasing three new updates that should shorten the time you spend in readying your business for new opportunities as well as streamlining your workflow for ...

Why I Toss Resumes: Advice From the Other Side Despite having a perfectly targeted resume that covers your roles, your successes and your goals, your resume keeps hitting the trash can. How do I know? That's where I usually send them. Here are my insights on keeping your resume on the desk ...

Former Massachusetts Governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed a packed room of technology experts and business owners in Reston, Virginia, to deliver a message about his "passion for innovation" and policy prescriptions for "rebooting the U.S. ...

Small business owners often vividly remember the moment when their entrepreneurial spirit was sparked. Mary Sheetz, principal and CEO for Consulting Concepts & Innovations, LLC (CCI), recalled that moment during Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)'s “Leveraging Relationships to Drive your ...

"Congress always cuts," began Ray Bjorklund, Deltek's Chief Knowledge Officer, as he launched into his GFY2012 Government Trends update at NeoSystems on Thursday morning. But where and how Congress cuts isn't always obvious. For contractors who were curious about why they felt the pinch in ...

NeoSystems and Bisnow played host on Thursday to an informative two-part breakfast session that welcomed an interview with Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Director Patrick Fitzgerald and the latest insights from Deltek's Chief Knowledge Officer, Ray Bjorklund. Fitzgerald, who was ...

Getting an invite to the exclusive Deltek Holiday Party means that you're someone of importance in the world of government contracting. And last week, hundreds of the D.C. Metro area's most important business leaders and associates gathered at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va. to take a few ...