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The U.S. Department of Defense has suspended implementation of Phase II of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 program, delaying new cybersecurity certification requirements that were scheduled to take effect Nov. 10 while officials conduct a 60-day review of the program.
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Tribal participation in the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development Program took center stage Tuesday as lawmakers pressed SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler on a months-long slowdown in application approvals, a sweeping audit of the program and the administration's plans for future reforms.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration has proposed changes to its 8(a) Business Development Program that would eliminate race-based presumptions of social disadvantage for individually owned businesses while leaving eligibility standards unchanged for tribally owned enterprises, Alaska Native corporations and other Native entity-owned participants.
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The Department of Defense has reaffirmed support for tribal and Alaska Native Corporation participation in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development Program, according to a letter sent to Alaska's U.S. senators.
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Eastern Shawnee Companies has launched a healthcare staffing subsidiary and hired an experienced management team as the tribal enterprise continues expanding its federal contracting operations.
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Native-owned federal contractors and tribal enterprises are pressing the U.S. Small Business Administration over delays in its 8(a) Business Development Program.
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Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, has launched OSC Technical Solutions as a standalone operating company focused on federal IT, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure services.
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A joint venture between Alaska Native-owned ASRC Federal and global infrastructure company ATCO has been awarded a 10-year, $596 million U.S. Air Force contract to operate and maintain the Alaska Radar System.
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M’ko Daniels has been appointed the first participant in Potawatomi Ventures’ new federal contracting leadership development program, a move that places a Forest County Potawatomi tribal member inside the company’s top federal operations for the first time.
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ASRC Federal, an Alaska Native–owned government contractor, said it has won a contract valued at up to $2.3 billion from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the U.S. military’s global supply chain for chemicals and packaged petroleum oils and lubricants.