SBA looks to right-size small business rules…again
“I think there’s a legitimate desire to simplify this, and we’ve seen this across administrations,” Emily Murphy said. “It’s a really tough balance.” Congress – Federal News Network
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Missouri AG Predicts ‘Negative Findings’ in Probe of Planned Parenthood’s Transgender Business
Planned Parenthood has refused to produce records that could prove it has irreversibly harmed children without parental consent as part of its booming transgender business, possibly in collusion with the Biden administration, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey revealed this week. Numerous transgender clinics in Missouri, including those affiliated with Planned Parenthood, have failed to comply with court orders supporting the state attorney general’s probe of the transgender industry, which began after a whistleblower uncovered serial irregularities targeting vulnerable minors. Bailey, a Republican, invoked the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, which empowers…
Read More...Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface
Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small business size standard it detailed in the draft solicitation. The worry is the new size standard would exclude or make it nearly impossible for a large swath of small businesses to compete on the contract. Those fears broke through the surface in a new letter from Reps. Roger Williams…
Read More...Sen. Marsha Blackburn: House’s Biden impeachment inquiry key to investigating foreign business deals
Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Sunday that she supports the House opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden because it would unlock additional powers to investigate his family ties to foreign business deals when he was vice president. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...What do people really mean when they say government should operate like a business?
When the nearly endless debates over the debt ceiling were raging on, the United States didn’t look very businesslike to the rest of the world. Internally, though, you never stop hearing that federal agencies should operate more like a business. This is both true and not true, according to my next guest. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got commentary from American University professor Bob Tobias. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin Somehow, at these times when things are stressful on the political front or whenever people turn to federal agencies like…
Read More...Biden insists he didn’t lie about son’s business deals
President Biden insisted Monday that he was truthful when he claimed he had never spoken to his son Hunter Biden about business deals despite the release of an alleged text message in which the first son threatened a Chinese businessman and said he was “with my father.” The Washington Times stories: White House
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