The Business Broadband Survey is available right now through May for Wisconsin Businesses. 

We strongly encourage Wisconsin Businesses to complete this short (10 question) survey at: http://wisconsindashboard.org/business-survey.  

Regional leaders, including WI Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) have been working with the PSC and LinkWISCONSIN to improve information about internet accessibility, speed, and cost for businesses around the state.  Your responses will help identify where service is good (potential best practice sharing) and where there may be a need for improved service.   

SOME WEBSITES to take a look at -

• Sustainable Facilities Tool , hosted by GSA, is an easy to navigate tool used to identify and prioritize cost-effective green building strategies.
• The Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) program is part of EPA's continuing effort to promote the use of materials recovered from solid waste. Buying recycled-content products ensures that the materials collected in recycling programs will be used again in the manufacture of new products.
• Interact is an open, collaborative community for connecting, communicating, learning and engaging across GSA topics.
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House passes bill to bar tax-delinquent contractors

The House on April 15 unanimously passed a bill that bars companies with seriously delinquent federal tax debts from obtaining new federal contracts. Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) co-sponsored the bipartisan bill, the Contracting and Tax Accountability Act (H.R. 822), which now goes to the Senate.

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House passes  Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013 (FISMA) update, cyber training bills

Security standards for federal computer networks would get a spring cleaning under a bill passed by the House on April 16.
The Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013 updates the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 and makes the director of the Office and Management and Budget responsible for overseeing the security of government information systems.
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Obama sends Congress $3.8 trillion spending plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs including Social Security and Medicare.
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DLA LAND AND MARITIME INDUSTRY FORUMS
DLA Land & Maritime is proud to announce we will be hosting Industry Forums for various FSCs throughout the year. These forums are in response to the DoD Industry Outreach mandate and will secure an ongoing DLA presence in the commercial industrial sector. The venue will inform defense industry representatives of DLA priorities, challenges and needs, while simultaneously offering industry the opportunity to update DLA Land & Maritime leaders about new and emerging technologies, capabilities and processes.

DATE FORUM
07-May Armament, Ground
21-May Combat & Wheeled Vehicles
04-Jun Batteries
25-Jun Electrical & Electronics
11-Sep Pipe &Tubing & Hoses
24-Sep Valves
08-Oct Wire & Cable
24-Oct Pumps & Compressors
05-Nov Engine & Turbine Components
19-Nov Mechanical Power Transmission
04-Dec Tires & Tubes

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The Wisconsin Procurement Institute will be hosting the upcoming
Small Business Subcontracting Program Requirements Workshop
April 17, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza, Wauwatosa (Milwaukee), WI

This is a MUST ATTEND for any large Federal contractor required to develop, implement, maintain and report on their Small Business effort.

AGENDA
• Understanding the Public Laws (PL’s) and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
• Writing the Small Business subcontracting plan
• Implementation
• Reporting
• Compliance and audit

Additional information, agenda and registration is available at http://www.wispro.org/eventdetail.asp?ID=602