DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy Legislative Update – Corporations 5/13/09

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Subsequent changes into a procurement contract: Vol. 38, No. 2, 2009 The issue of whether and to what extent a government authority may introduce subsequent changes into a procurement contract signed following a competitive procedure is one of the more practical and problematic questions in the area of procurement law. “Modification of a Government Contract Awarded Following a Competitive Procedure” - Omer Dekel, Academic Center of Law and Business, Public Contract Law Journal, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1391242 Playing By The Numbers : “Recalculating How Many Employees Equal A Small Business”, by Ralph C. Thomas III, February 2009. “SBA’s proposed new standard for determining small business status has been soundly criticized. However, with just a few adjustments, SBA’s new standard can obtain the necessary buy-in of small businesses.” http://www.ncmahq.org/files/Articles/CM0209%20 %20p42-49.pdf

IFRSs in your Pocket 2009 : Published 8 th edition of guide to IFRSs – (PDF 563k). This 124-page guide includes information about: IASB structure and contact details, IASB due process, Use of IFRSs around the world, including updates on Europe, Asia, USA, and Canada, Summaries of each IASB Standard and Interpretation, as well as the Framework and the Preface to IFRSs, Background and current status of all current IASB projects, IASC and IASB chronology, Update on IFRS-US GAAP convergence, Other useful IASB-related information http://www.iasplus.com/dttpubs/pocket2009.pdf

DOD Western Regional Council for Small Business Education & Advocacy Legislative Update – Corporations 5/13/09

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Rothe Development Corporation v. Department of Defense : The Constitutionality of Federal Contracting Programs for Minority-Owned and Other Small Businesses, by Jody Feder and Kate M. Manuel, March 16, 2009. Congressional Research Service, Federation of American Scientists web site. This report discusses Rothe Development Corporation v. Department of Defense, a case involving a constitutional challenge to a minority contracting program authorized under Section 1207 of the Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization Act of 1987. This program allowed DOD to take 10% off the price of bids or offers submitted by “small disadvantaged businesses” in determining which bid or offer had the lowest price or represented the best value for the government. Section 1207 also incorporated a presumption that minorities are socially and economically disadvantaged. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40440.pdf

What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?: management-and-leadership/print/ Posted By Chris Hardesty On April 7, 2009 @ 2:07 pm In Developing a Leadership Style | Adapted from the upcoming “The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray, published by Harper – Business Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves.

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