For many across the country, across the world for that matter, the effects of COVID-19 have had a significant impact on everyday businesses. For most, this impact is negative, costing tens of millions of Americans their jobs and forcing small businesses to hang on for dear life. Within Federal contracting, contractors have had the fortunate […]
The Paycheck Protection Program is a forgivable loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. The Small Business Association will forgive loans if used for expenses related to payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. Starting April 10th, independent contractors and self-employed individuals can apply. Officials are […]
In April 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Published a report which focused Telecommunications and Call Center federal contracts. The reason being that agencies spend billions on telecom and call center work every year. Majority of these services are provided by contractors, thus prompting the GAO to dig a bit deeper to highlight important […]
Virtually all states and locales have policies on what are “essential” services during the pandemic. So does the federal government — basically, healthcare, grocery stores, pharmacies, transportation, etc. In the case of contracts with federal agencies, Department of Defense contracts are considered essential, but those federal contracts and others may not also meet the test […]
As the world adjusts standard routines and a large majority of businesses transition to working from home, we at Sabre88 have done our best to uphold and incorporate our core values into our new normal. Changing the setting of business has its challenges, but it appears that it certainly has its opportunities, as well. This […]
We’ve heard a lot about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) lately, and the mountain of misinformation that has followed in its wake. We’re struggling to figure out what is fact and what is fiction. But we probably can lend a hand in understanding the impact of the current health emergency on federal contracts. Accordingly, we offer the following […]
In February, the White House released an early look at the Fiscal Year 2021 budget. This early look is a great indicator for small business government contracting firms looking to make strategic adjustments. No surprise, the IT industry gets the lion’s share. The figure? $92 Billion. That is a 5% increase. With the Unites States […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States commissioned the report, titled “Government by Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in Federal Administrative Agencies,” from researchers at Stanford and New York Universities. Released in February, it found that 45% of federal agencies have experimented with AI and related machine learning tools and that those agencies are already improving operations […]
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Bureau for Public Health is continuing to prepare for the spread of COVID-19 — more commonly known as the coronavirus — as the federal government increases its response to the disease. There are no reported cases or investigations of coronavirus in West Virginia. The bureau said […]
TRAs and TRLs How do federal agencies know when a new technology is mature enough or safe enough to implement? Worse than remaining stagnant with antiquated software can be the disastrous consequences of investing in an immature new tech. For branches of the military and NASA, these risks are well known and have been accounted […]