White House Opposes Contracting Bill
From: Inc.com
The Bush administration is opposing legislation aimed at boosting federal contracting goals for small businesses while preventing agencies from bundling smaller contracts together.The Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act, approved last month by the House Small Business Committee, would impose burdensome restrictions on federal agencies and sets “unrealistic small-business procurement goals,” according to a statement issued by the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday.
Among other provisions, the bill would raise the annual share of federal contracts going to small businesses from the current government-wide target of 23 percent to 30 percent. According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses received 25 percent of all federal contracts last year. House Democrats and other critics say the amount was closer to 21 percent.
It also seeks to limit contract bundling, in which several contracts are combined into a mega-contract beyond the reach of smaller firms.
The measure, according to the administration, creates an “overly expansive definition of contract bundling” that will result in costly and time-consuming requirements in the procurement process.
The legislation is expected to be debated on the House floor later this week.
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Corra believes small businesses should be awarded more government contracts. As it was noted in several reports this year, small businesses are he backbone of the job market. Small businesses are often responsible for innovations in industry, especially with respect to media and technology.
Small businesses are often exciting places to be working. The company employees are usually closer knit and are all pulling together for more definitive objectives. Small businesses can become larger businesses especially with an increase in government contracts.
Owners of small businesses may not be able to match the salaries of larger corporations. But they can offer opportunity and even a piece of the action. As the small business owner acquires a larger piece of the pie, often so do his employees.
Small business owners should be picky about who they bring into the work place. Innovative and highly qualified people can advance the people. Corporate thieves, employees with sexual harassment and substance abuse issues can weigh heavily on the general morale of a smaller company.
Small business owners should have a pre-employment screening program in effect. They should be running social security traces, criminal background searches, education verification searches, and, if someone is driving for you in any capacity, a Motor Vehicle Report.
Just because you are small business doesn’t mean you should be cutting corners on your background search. As Corra says, check them out before you hire.
