EPS Dispatch

Veteran-Owned and Mission-Ready: SDVOSBs in the Federal Marketplace

The federal government built deliberate pathways to direct contracting dollars to service disabled veteran owned small businesses. SDVOSB certification opens set aside and sole source opportunities, and veteran firms fit security work, but the designation gets you considered while execution gets you hired.

Frost Jandoquele

May 30, 20264 min read

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EPS Daily Brief, Saturday June 6: Decision season at SCOTUS, deadline season for regulators

Three stories for EPS subscribers: the Supreme Court's pending Wolford v. Lopez carry decision, Cal/OSHA's workplace violence rule nearing a final vote, and ATF's 34-rule reform package open for comment.

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