PVBS Sponsors SECAF Event on the ARRA

PVBS is excited to sponsor the December SECAF Educational Program: “What Growing Government Contractors Need to Know about the ARRA:  A Critical Update. This will be a members-only program. Cost is $35. The event will be at the Tower Club. Program is on December 1 at 745am. Contact SECAF to register.
Here’s the event description:
The $787 [...]

Expert Panel Closes MSFT Annual GovCon Summit

PVBS was pleased to sponsor the “Government Contractor Expert Panel” that closed the 3rd annual Microsoft Government Contractor Summit on November 17 at the Marriott Fairview Park. The moderator was Tom Temin of Federal News Radio 1500AM.
Panel members were:

Kwesi Rogers President, Federal National Payables, Inc.
Ken Bricker, Managing Partner, Goodman and Company
Tony Bui, President, EMW

Questions posed [...]

The Many Complications that Will Arise from the ARRA for Government Contractors

The following article was submitted by Richard Marksberry, former Partner in the MidAtlantic practice of Tatum, LLC. During the last four years Mr. Marksberry has, as the CFO, led the selection and implementation of accounting systems for three federal contractors each with sales over $100 million annually.  He was recognized as one of the “Top [...]

PVBS Covered by Tech Bisnow

Our friends over at Tech Bisnow snapped a shot of Paul Skurpski, VP of Sales, and Mark Lahart, Senior Account Sales Rep outside of the Grant & Thornton government contractor breakfast, where we were a top sponsor.

Recent Gartner Note on VAR Challenges and How Dynamics NAV Helps

Gartner released a note at the end of 2008 discussing the treacherous future that faces many companies that sell tech products. PVBS has helped many companies that sell products to the Federal Government such as Force3 and Four Points Technology. The Dynamics NAV solution for government contractors and resellers from PVBS is ideal for companies [...]

Holland & Knight Legal Tips Now on PVBS Web Site

William J. (Bill) Mutryn, a partner in Holland & Knight’s Northern Virginia office, and co-Leader of the firm’s national Corporate and M&A Practice Group frequent answers legal questions concerning mergers and acquisitions for our newsletter. He practices principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, corporate governance and finance. Over the last few [...]

PVBS Customer iGov CFO Rich Marksberry Shares Tips for GCs

 
Rich Marksberry brings a unique blend of tech and financial expertise to his role as CFO of iGov, a systems integrator based in McLean, Va. Marksberry joined iGov at a critical time in the company’s history, when it was redefining its focus away from simply being a product reseller to a full-scale information technology engineering [...]

What $1.7 Billion in Dynamics R&D Means to Government Contractors

We just returned from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.  As we’ve noticed each year, the Dynamics product line continues to shine as one of Microsoft’s lynchpins for growth.
 
Here are some highlights from the conference:
 
Microsoft announced that it will spend $1.7 BILLION on Dynamics research and development this year! Microsoft is committed to bringing to [...]

Some alternatives for contractors in turbulent times

(This article originally appeared in the The Government Contractors Council Report, a monthly newsletter distributed by the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council, an initiative of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, by Kevin P. DeSanto, Director, KippsDeSanto & Co. ) 

These and other headline issues are important components of any thorough strategic planning process. However, they [...]

New Rule: Tax Delinquents Could Face Debarment

This entry was submitted by Warren Corbett, Business Research Services Inc. (Bethesda, MD), publishers of Set-Aside Alert. Subscription information can be found at www.setasidealert.com.

Tax scofflaws could be suspended or debarred from federal contracting under a final rule to be issued this month.

Paul Denett, administrator of Federal Procurement Policy, said “tax delinquency” will be grounds for [...]