4/30/2008 NIST Announce new Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) was established for the purpose of assisting U.S. businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.
 
4/30/2008 Leaders Met to Map the Green Frontier
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 250 industry leaders came together today at the Sustainable Facility Care Forum, a one-day plenary event designed to give members of the facility cleaning and management industry as well as other interested parties an opportunity to better understand trends in sustainable facility care. The event was co-hosted by JohnsonDiversey Inc., a leading global provider of sustainable cleaning and hygiene solutions, and the Leonardo Academy, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainability in buildings. To mark the occasion, JohnsonDiversey Chairman S. Curtis Johnson presented the Sam Johnson Leadership in Sustainability Award to Furman University of Greenville, S.C., for its outstanding dedication and achievement in sustainability. Furman’s sustainable initiatives include:
 
4/30/2008 Army orders high-speed super tractors (International)
High speed armoured tractors capable of doing more than 80kmh and worth about $700,000 each have been ordered by the army.
 
4/29/2008 House chairman wants civilian agencies to play larger role in Iraq
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., said today he hopes to insert language into the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill to require more cooperation between federal agencies doing work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Skelton acknowledged that his committee's markup of the authorization measure, set for next week, will be just the first step in a long debate that will involve several congressional committees.
 
4/28/2008 Experts struggle with cybersecurity agenda
Whoever becomes our next president will inherit a cyber infrastructure under almost constant attack and at greater risk than eight years ago, and a handful of experts and legislators have come together to ensure that cybersecurity has a high priority in his or her administration.
 
4/27/2008 Wisconsin Stem Cell Industry Slow in Developing
Madison, Wis. - With the stated goal of capturing 10 percent of the stem cell technology market by 2015, Gov. Jim Doyle used a 2006 visit to the Medical College of Wisconsin to announce an important executive order. It directed the state Department of Commerce to spend at least $5 million to recruit new stem cell companies to Wisconsin.
 
4/27/2008 Engineering for man: Shaping the Mississippi River
In his nostalgic look back at his career as a steamboat pilot in "Life on the Mississippi," Mark Twain described the difficult task of navigating the river in the pre-Civil War era. "Piloting becomes another matter when you apply it to vast streams like the Mississippi and the Missouri, whose alluvial banks cave and change constantly, whose snags are always hunting up new quarters, whose sandbars are never at rest, whose channels are forever dodging and shirking, and whose obstructions must be confronted in all nights and in all weathers without the aid of a single lighthouse or a single buoy for there is neither light nor buoy to be found anywhere in all this three or four thousand miles of villainous river."
 
4/25/2008 Wisconsin gets Lake Michigan windmill plans
MILWAUKEE -- Three developers are floating plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines in Lake Michigan as interest in the construction of wind farms surges around the country. The Lake Michigan plans are all in the preliminary stages, and how they would be financed is unclear, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reported earlier this week.
 
4/25/2008 Not your father's small business grant program
Madison, Wis. - A recently passed small business innovation research bill would boost money available federal grants, but early-stage companies should expect fewer grants to be awarded in Phase I.
 
4/25/2008 Agencies Plan to Spend More Money on Telework Technologies
About two-thirds of federal information technology executives said they plan to increase spending on technologies that support teleworkers in the next two years, according to a study released Tuesday by a public-private partnership focused on promoting the benefits of telework.
 
4/25/2008 Top textile industry associations converge at IFAI Expo 2008
The National Textile Association, the Textile Bag and packaging Association, and the Textile Information Users Council will locate their association meetings at IFAI Expo 2008, the largest specialty fabrics trade show in the Americas, Charlotte, N.C.
 
4/24/2008 Database Pioneer Joins Microsoft to Start New Database Research Lab
Q&A: David DeWitt, former department chair and emeritus professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin, has joined Microsoft as a Technical Fellow to start a new computer science lab designed to explore the bleeding edge of data management.
 
4/23/2008 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTRACT NORTHROP GRUMMAN FLYING HIGH
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $1.16 billion contract to build unmanned aerial vehicles, bolstering the company's facility in Moss Point, Miss., that assembles bodies for the remote-controlled drones.
 
4/23/2008 VA offers plenty of help for entrepreneurs
The VA has some programs that I really wish I had known about back in 1993 when I was young and fresh out of the military and with my whole life ahead of me.
 
4/23/2008 Ground broken for pellet plant
After many years in the making, Great Lakes Renewable Energy (GLRE) broke ground on Monday for the construction of a $7 million wood pellet manufacturing plant off Highway 63.
 
4/22/2008 National Small Business Week 2008 Schedule of Events; Business Owners Can Attend Virtually April 21-25th
Small business owners from across the country will be honored for their accomplishments as the nation's leading small businesses at National Small Business Week events April 21-25, 2008, in Washington, D.C., and New York City. A highlight of events will be the announcement of the National Small Business Person of the Year April 22.
 
4/22/2008 VA Spinal Cord Center Bid
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is seeking Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns for design/build services for Project #695-401, entitled, Design-Build Spinal Cord/Disorder Center (SCI/DC). The SCI/DC design/build construction project will be located on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 West National Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295. Competition for this procurement is restricted to SDVOSB concerns.
 
4/22/2008 Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-25; Introduction
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-25. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
 
4/22/2008 Shaw Awarded Environmental Multiple Award Contract by the U.S. Navy
BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that its Environmental & Infrastructure Group has been awarded an Environmental Multiple Award Contract (EMAC) by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest. Shaw is one of six contractors selected for the environmental remediation contract, which has a one-year term with four one-year options. If the options are exercised by the Navy, the total program for all contractors will approximate $100 million.
 
4/21/2008 Firms Big And Small, Growing Together
I came to this great country with $500 in my pocket and a dream to pursue higher education and better opportunities. Today, my company, Indus, is pushing $100 million in revenue, deploying intellectual capital and delivering exceptional information technology solutions to our government.
 
4/21/2008 Updated TACOM Competitive Advocate's Shopping List
Thank you for your interest in TACOM Life Cycle Management Command's Competition Advocate's Shopping List (CASL). The CASL is part of an on-going effort by the Department of the Army to increase secondary spares competition. This publication is used to apprise the public of the US Government's acquisition intent for TACOM-Warren secondary items. Projected CASL requirements are published semi-annually using a fiscal budget year, instead of a calendar year. As a result, the January CASL Listing project requirements for the first-half of the current fiscal budget year. Requirements for the second-half of the year are provided in the CASL Listing published in June/July. In addition to the current fiscal year, each listing provides requirements for two additional budget years.
 
4/18/2008 Fact Sheet: Steve Preston: A Qualified Leader to Help American Families
Today, President Bush announced his intention to nominate Steve Preston to serve as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A strong executive with an outstanding track record in the private sector and at the Small Business Administration (SBA), Administrator Preston has a deep financial and capital markets background, and he understands the important role that the housing market plays in the broader economy.
 
4/17/2008 SAIC and Veterans Administration Extend MOU for Growth of Veteran-Owned Businesses
SAN DIEGO andMCLEAN, Va., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today said its agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) to furnish technical assistance and procurement opportunities to veteran-owned small businesses has been a success and has been extended thru 2009.
 
4/15/2008 Procurement business growing at Spectrum
Sales to the federal government have increased more than 600 percent over the past five years for Spectrum Industries, a Chippewa Falls-based manufacturer of medical, instructional, training and computer furnishings in addition to store fixtures and point-of-purchase displays.
 
4/14/2008 Small Business Administration chief Steven Preston was online
Small Business Administration chief Steven Preston was online on Monday, April 14, at 10 a.m. ET to preview National Small Business Week (April 21-25) and to answer your questions about the small business community.
 
4/14/2008 2008 Small Business of the Year Invite - Wisconsin
List of 2008 Winners and registration sheet for the 2008 SBA Small Business of the Year Awards breakfast to occur on June 6, 2008.
 
4/3/2008 Doyle Announces Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund
Governor Doyle is launching a $150 million, ten-year grant and loan program to make Wisconsin a leader in renewable energy. The program will support cutting-edge research and development, the manufacture and production of new clean energy products, and ways to make clean energy use widespread and cost-effective.
 
3/26/2008 Research and Markets
Research and Markets: Improvised Explosive Devices and Technological Advances in Russian and Chinese Missiles Drive U.S. Electronic Warfare Spending
 
3/20/2008 SBA releases explanation chart of all WI certifications
Explanation of certifications offered by Milwaukee Metro Sewer District, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, City of Madison, Dane County, US Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program, SBA Small Disadvantaged Business, SBA HUBZone, and U.S. Dept. of Transportation.
 
3/19/2008 Obey checks in on Hwys. V&53 progress
Seventh District Congressman Dave Obey was in Haugen on Tuesday, March 18 to talk with people about plans to construct a new intersection at Hwys. 53 and V to improve safety at that intersection. Obey, who secured $1 million in federal funds last year to help the Wisconsin Department of Transportation move the project forward, said he was going around the district looking at local projects while Congress is out of session.
 
3/12/2008 SBA announces online training courses
The Small Business Training Network (SBTN) is a virtual campus providing quality and targeted online training to meet the information needs of prospective and existing small business owners . It is an E-Government initiative, powering a comprehensive menu of business courses, designed to serve more customers, more efficiently. The Training Network operates like an electronic umbrella under which many SBA and agency resource training programs are captured, aggregated, sorted by content and made available in multiple formats.
 
3/11/2008 SBA Announces 11 Cities to Launch Emerging 200
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced 11 cities to participate in the Emerging 200 initiative, a jobs and growth stimulation effort targeting inner-city promising small businesses.