Articles from Set-Aside Alert (October 22, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
8(a) contracts awarded.			1319
A-76 competitions.		Advertisement	86
Calendar of events.		Calendar	779
Congress gives go-ahead for base closings.			313
Congress has liberalized the rules for S corporations.		Brief Article	69
Federal courts are delaying projects and expenditures to hold spending at fiscal 2004 levels because Congress has not enacted 2005 appropriations bills.		Brief Article	85
Feds win protest rights in job competitions: streamlined competitions in Defense Dept. are blocked.		Brief Article	327
Largest HUBZone order awarded.		Brief Article	126
Lawsuit seeks SBA report on contracting fraud.			421
Newly certified 8(a)s.		Brief Article	862
Newly certified woman-owned businesses.			400
Regulators wrestle with rules for time and materials contracts.			646
SBA backed 74,825 loans totaling $12.5 billion under its 7(a) lending program in fiscal 2004.		Brief Article	107
SBA is proposing to waive the nonmanufacturer rule in three industries where it says no domestic manufacturer is available.		Brief Article	64
Seven small IT companies won awards from the Army for information technology desktop support and services.		Brief Article	92
The Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District intends to establish several blanket purchase agreements with public relations/public involvement firms.		Brief Article	46
The Bureau of Land Management's Oregon state office plans to award an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for human resources support.		Brief Article	64
The Defense Department has released the Defense Acquisition Guidebook, an online resource for acquisition personnel and contractors.		Brief Article	116
The federal IT market will grow by an average of 3.6% a year from fiscal 2005 to 2010.		Brief Article	102
The Transportation Security Administration's Security Technology Deployment Office plans a solicitation for on-site and off-site Program Management Office support.		Brief Article	106
Transportation Dept.'s website upgrade.		Brief Article	127