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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5438/is_200801/ai_n21302133]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SIGNAL's guide to Web resources   Contractors are a major pillar supporting U.S. government programs. Involving all types and sizes of firms, contracting with federal organizations drives the local economies in many parts of the country. But being successful in contacting can be daunting for the uninitiated. Complex rules...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fulfilling the Promise of e-Gov Initiatives&#151;Part II: the integration of federal acquisition processes has already improved services&#151;and the near future looks even brighter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HTO/is_4_36/ai_n25019150]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of this two-part series, we describe how the Integrated-Acquisition Environment IAE, managed by the U.S. General Services Administration GSA, is living up to the e-Gov promise. We showed the systems that have been shut down, paper forms replaced by automated systems, and benefits to agencies and the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Subcontracting Your Web Site]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operating a web site is essential for your business, but it can be a large and complex challenge. To do it right, you need to consider security issues, e-commerce transactions, storage space, programming, and myriad other requirements. These assets are essential, but acquiring and managing them can distract your IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:53:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[To Lohn Or Not To Lohn: A Puzzle In Subcontracting Arrangements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=321546]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last two decades everybody has witnessed a dramatic fragmentation and globalization of the production process. While there is now a large and growing theoretical literature seeking to understand international outsourcing and the choices involved, a lot is still left to be explained. One feature that the vast majority...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Annual Nunn-Perry Awards honor outstanding mentor-protege teams: three San Diego-based businesses recognized at ceremony in Temecula]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5247/is_17_28/ai_n29346213]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program has been hooking up big corporations with small businesses since 1991 to help navigate them through the labyrinth of the prime contracting and subcontracting world.  In 1995, the DoD presented its first Nunn-Perry Awards, named for former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn and former...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GAO rules on subcontracting requirement.(Government Accountability Office)(Brief article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6577/is_200704/ai_n25959674]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A small prime contractor must perform at least 50% of the work on a  set-aside contract, without counting the work of small subcontractors,  the Government Accountability Office has ruled.    A small prime contractor must perform at least 50% of the work on a  set-aside...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SBA awards 'Subcontractor of the Year' honors to Anaren]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_20070323/ai_n19031274]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DeWITT - The U.S. Small Business Administration SBA has recognized Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN), a manufacturer of components for the defense industry, as the 2007 "Subcontractor of the Year" for its region II, which encompasses New York and New Jersey. Tucson, Ariz.-based Raytheon Missile Systems, an Anaren customer, nominated the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kerry Calls for Reviews of Disaster Recovery Contracting Practices]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200703/ai_n21893641]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Kathryn Seck of the Senate Committee on Small Business, +1-202-224-9431 WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) called on major federal agencies awarding contracts after disasters to issue and enforce contracting plans to ensure small firms and disadvantaged businesses receive their fair share of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Subcontracting Product Development - Creating Competitiveness Through Networking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312540]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Product development has become increasingly complex and resource-consuming. Consequently, internal development capabilities can prove insufficient for maintaining a firm's competitive position. External cooperation and networking have been suggested as means for accessing necessary complementary knowledge or resources. In this paper, cooperation is studied as the key to improving competitiveness, especially...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Symbol Technologies makes $10M subcontracting deal with Army]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189/is_20060829/ai_n16697331]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Symbol Technologies Inc. is now in the business of fighting terrorism.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Do Some Firms Contract Out Production?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=321803]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper examines which factors determine outsourcing decision using firm-level data for Spanish manufacturing industries. Outsourcing is measured as the manufacture of custom-made finished products or parts and components which are been contracted out to third parties. Moreover, we distinguish whether the firm provides the materials to the independent firm...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Alliant RFP: sixty or more small firms may win awards.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6577/is_200606/ai_n25959391]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GSA is inviting industry comments on the drastically revamped draft  RFP for the Alliant and Alliant Small Business governmentwide  acquisition contracts.    In more than three years of planning, the Alliant contracts have  passed through several management teams. The new team "essentially  rewrote it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government contracting 101: help for small business owners reaching for that brass ring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5261/is_4_22/ai_n29257355]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For a small business owner, trying to scale the slippery wall leading to a government contract, the task may seem insurmountable. While he or she may know there is a brass ring at the top, many give up unaware of the fact that there are experts along the way who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing, Productivity, And Input Composition At The Plant Level]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing or subcontracting is increasingly used by firms as a production alternative, which may enhance productive performance as well as affect input mix. In this paper we explore the relationships between outsourcing and productivity, input composition, and trade for Turkish textile and apparel manufacturing plants, by empirically implementing a flexible...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Ports' decision lets Bush off hook]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060311/ai_n16149742]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE W. Bush owes executives at Dubai Ports World a great big, wet smooch of gratitude.    By withdrawing plans to take control of operations at six major U.S. ports, DP defused a roiling controversy that prevented a lame- duck president from exercising his heretofore -- and still...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Ports decision gets president off the hook]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060311/ai_n16149744]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE W. BUSH owes executives at Dubai Ports World a great big, wet smooch of gratitude.    By withdrawing plans to take over operations at six major U.S. ports, DP defused a roiling controversy that prevented a lameduck president from exercising his heretofore -- and still -- unused...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Ports decision gets Bush off the hook]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060311/ai_n16149857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE W. Bush owes executives at Dubai Ports World a great big, wet smooch of gratitude.    By withdrawing plans to take over operations at six major U.S. ports, DP defused a roiling controversy that prevented a lameduck president from exercising his heretofore -- and still -- unused...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Ports decision gets Bush off hook]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060311/ai_n16150255]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE W. BUSH owes executives at Dubai Ports World a great big, wet smooch of gratitude.    By withdrawing plans to take over operations at six major U.S. ports, DP World defused a roiling controversy that prevented a lame duck president from exercising his heretofore -- and still...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dubai Ports' decision gets Bush off the hook]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060311/ai_n16150257]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE W. Bush owes executives at Dubai Ports World a great big, wet smooch of gratitude.    By withdrawing plans to take over operations at six major U.S. ports, DP defused a roiling controversy that prevented a lame-duck president from exercising his heretofore -- and still -- unused...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Layers of Maintenance Outsourcing, Use of Subcontractors Difficult to Track]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_5_20/ai_n16035535]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Beyond all the publicity around a recent government audit about the lack  of oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA and airlines of non- certificated aircraft repair stations (Air Safety Week, Jan. 2), there are some  important side issues in aviation repair work that have received less attention...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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