In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama will announce he is using his executive authority to raise the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts to $10.10 per hour.  CLICK HERE FOR STORY

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has amended its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Policy Directives in response to public comments and input from all parties involved in the program.  CLICK HERE for detail .

Obama to raise minimum wage for government contract workers - CLICK HERE for the story

 

Fed buildings to get much-needed upgrades thanks to budget boost -The General Services Administration says it will finally be able to begin digging out of a backlog of deferred maintenance of federal buildings thanks to a boost in funding from the recently passed bipartisan spending bill. The spending bill, passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama last week, authorizes GSA to spend about $9.3 billion from the Federal Buildings Fund.  CLICK HERE for article

DARPA in 2014: Director Arati Prabhakar looks ahead - Since 1958, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been at the forefront of high technologies – including modern-day staples like the Internet, smart phones and search engines. A lot has changed in nearly 56 years, but DARPA’s core mission has not, according to its director, who has an upbeat vision for the agency’s future.  CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

UNMANNED SYSTEM INTEGRATED ROAD MAP DOCUMENT - Unmanned systems continue to deliver new and enhanced battlefield capabilities to the warfighter. While the demand for unmanned systems continues unabated today, a number of factors will influence unmanned program development in the future. Three primary forces are driving the Department of Defense’s (DoD) approach in planning for and developing unmanned systems. CLICK HERE FOR DOCUMENT

2014 funding: Agency-by-agency breakdown of spending bill - With the unveiling of the bipartisan spending bill this week, agencies are getting a clearer picture of how much funding they'll get for the rest of the fiscal year.   - CLICK HERE for detail