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Biden’s pick for Pentagon’s S&T position pledges to reduce barriers to entry for small businesses

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Aprille Ericsson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology, told lawmakers that streamlining processes for small businesses to engage with the Pentagon will be her top priority if confirmed. “I understand that some of the problems that the Department of Defense has with their SBIR/STTR programs are very similar to what we’ve experienced in NASA. So bringing those lessons learned to this community would be an asset,” Ericsson told lawmakers during her confirmation hearing Tuesday. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) urged Ericsson to…

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Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface

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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…

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‘Era of small government is over’: Democrats upsize Covid package with more cash relief – NBC News

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‘Era of small government is over’: Democrats upsize Covid package with more cash relief  NBC News Democrats Propose Sending $ 3,000 Per Child To Millions Of American Families  Forbes Senior Democrats to unveil $ 3,000-per-child benefit as Biden stimulus gains steam  Washington Post Democrats unveil $ 3,000 child benefit as part of Biden relief package  CNN COVID-19 relief: Democrats propose $ 3,600 per child tax credit  USA TODAY View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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