Ability One (was Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act site) - www.abilityone.gov Acquisition Central - www.acquisition.gov Acquisition Management & Policy Office (OAMP) for the NIH - oamp.od.nih.gov/ Acronym Finder - www.acronymfinder.com Aerospace Mall - www.aerospacemall.com Air Force Civilian Service - www.afciviliancareers.com/ - Contracting Employment Opportunities - afciviliancareers.com/acm/ Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) - www.afpc.af.mil/ Army Acquisition Support Center - asc.army.mil/web/ Army Contract Writing System information - www.peoenterprise.army.mil/programs/acws Better Business Bureau (Heart of Texas) - www.bbb.org/local-bbb/bbb-serving-the-heart-of-texas Business Link to the US government (official) - www.usa.gov/link-to-us Business.com (to help companies grow) - www.business.com Business to Community (B2C) - www.business2community.com Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/CFR CodeFuel's (now Perion) free Marketing Tools - www.codefuel.com/blog/free-marketing-tools/ Congressional Record - www.congress.gov/congressional-record Consumer Protection Safety Commission Business Tab - www.cpsc.gov/en/Business--Manufacturing/ Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) - www.cpars.gov/ Courts - Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) Information by the American Arbitration Assc. - www.adr.org - Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) USAF Link - www.adr.af.mil/ - Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) - www.asbca.mil/ - Comptroller General (GAO) Decisions - www.gao.gov/legal/bid-protests/recent - Court of Federal Claims, U.S. - www.uscfc.uscourts.gov - Supreme Court (US) Opinions - www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx Customs & Border Protection (CBP) - www.cbp.gov/ Department of War - Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) - www.dcaa.mil - Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - www.dla.mil/ - Defense Contract Management Agency - www.dcma.mil - DoD Items - -- DoD Activity Address Directory (DoDAAD) - www.dla.mil/Defense-Data-Standards/Committees/DODAAD/ -- DoD funding information (including how to read a DoD Appropriation) - acqnotes.com/acqnote/careerfields/line-of-accounting - Warfighting Acquisition University - www.dau.edu/ -- Contingency Contracting Community - www.dau.edu/cop/Contingency -- Contract Pricing Reference Guides - dau.edu/cprg -- Course Schedule, current FY - icatalog.dau.edu/mobile/CoursesSchedules.aspx -- Justification and Approval Preparation Guide - www.dau.edu/acquipedia-article/justification-and-approval-ja -- Market Research Course Description - icatalog.dau.edu/mobile/CLModuleDetails.aspx?id=12478 -- Transcript Request - www.dau.edu/help-center/faq/dau-transcript Defense Base Act (DBA) Information - www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/lsdba.htm (government) and www.defensebaseact.com/ (commercial) DoD EMall - www.fpds.gov/wiki/index.php/DOD_EMALL DoD Techipedia (wiki) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoDTechipedia Directory of Federal Agencies - www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml DUNS Number (Dun & Bradstreet) - www.dnb.com Economic Indicators - www.commerce.gov/data-and-reports/economic-indicators Education - Air Force Institute of Technology School - www.afit.edu/ - American Conference Institute (Business Courses) - www.americanconference.com/ - Community College of the Air Force - www.airuniversity.af.edu/Barnes/CCAF/ - DANTES Education Programs - www.dantes.mil - Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) - www.fai.gov/ -- Contracting Professionals Smart Guide - www.fai.gov/resources/contracting-professionals-smart-guide - Michigan State University's Broad College of Business Department of Marketing - broad.msu.edu/marketing/ - Online Degree Information - www.elearners.com/find-your-match/ -- interesting information regarding digital college essays - www.onlineschools.org/online-writing-center/ Environmental Issues (via Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) - www.tceq.texas.gov/ Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Resources for Small Business - www.epa.gov/resources-small-businesses Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - www.eeoc.gov Federal Acquisition Regulation (Acquisition Central) - www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far - Federal Acquisition Regulation (Defense Supplement (DFARS)) - www.acquisition.gov/daffars -- Federal Acquisition Regulation (Air Force Supplement (AFFARS)) - www.acquisition.gov/daffars -- Federal Acquisition Regulation (Army Supplement (AFARS)) - www.acquisition.gov/afars -- Federal Acquisition Regulation (Navy Marine Corps Supplement (NMCARS) and Guide (NMCAG)) - www.acquisition.gov/nmcars -- Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4.16, Procurement Instrument Identification Numbering (PIIN)) - www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_Subpart_4_16 -- Market Research Guide - www.acquisition.gov/dfarspgi/pgi-210.070-market-research-report-guide-improving-tradecraft-services-acquisition Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter - fedbarsatx.org/ Federal Communications Commission - www.fcc.gov/ Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System (will move to SAM.gov in Spring 2025) - www.fsrs.gov Federal Procurement Data System - www.fpds.gov - FPDS Version 1.5 information - www.fpds.gov/wiki/index.php/Version_1.5_Detail Federal Register (and see the System for Award Management below) - www.federalregister.gov/ -- OMB Circulars (i.e., A-76, A-87) - www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bterm%5D=omb+circulars Federal Spending Database- www.usaspending.gov - Federal Spending Transparency Act Data Act Collaboration Space - fedspendingtransparency.github.io/index.html Federal Supply Class (FSC) Search - www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/FIC/H2/ Federal Trade Commission Business Center - www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Small Business Assistance - www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/SmallBusinessAssistance Forms and Publications (AF Electronic) - www.e-publishing.af.mil/ Forms and Publications (Army Electronic) - armypubs.army.mil/ Forms (DoW Electronic) - www.war.gov/Resources/Forms-Directives-Instructions/ Fundera Ledger (news and advice for small business owners) - www.fundera.com/blog/ GovCon (Government Contracting information source) - www.govcon.com/ Government Executive (online) magazine - www.govexec.com GSA - www.gsa.gov - Advantage Online Shopping - www.gsaadvantage.gov/ - eBuy - www.ebuy.gsa.gov/ - Per Diem Rates - www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates - Smart Pay for travel or purchase- smartpay.gsa.gov - Smart Pay online training - training.smartpay.gsa.gov/ - Technology e-Tools (was ITSS) - www.gsa.gov/tools/technology-etools Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Small / Disadvantaged Business Office - www.hud.gov/program_offices/cpo/about/smbizsp Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center - www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed - Guide to Reporting Payroll Taxes - www.irs.gov/newsroom/national-small-business-week-e-file-the-best-way-to-report-payroll-taxes International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ISO 9001 (et.al.) information - www.iso.org/iso/home.html Law Search (i.e. US Code @ Cornell) - www.law.cornell.edu or Commercial Law (i.e. UCC @) - www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ Legislature Small Business Committee - www.sbc.senate.gov/public/ (Senate) and smallbusiness.house.gov/ (House) Library of Congress - www.loc.gov Loan Calculator, Small Business - www.shopify.com/tools/business-loan-calculator MacRae's Blue Book (Industrial Directory) - www.macraesbluebook.com - Canadian Trade Index (MacRea's Canadian sister site) - www.ctidirectory.com Manufacturing Best Practices from the Consumer Product Safety Commission - www.cpsc.gov/business--manufacturing/business-education/business-guidance/BestPractices Minority Business Development Agency - www.mbda.gov NASA Procurement - www.nasa.gov/procurement/ National Apex Accellerator Alliance (government funded help for small businesses to get contracts, was PTAC) - www.napex.us/ National Industries for the Blind (NIB) - nib.org/ Navy Acquisitions - www.secnav.navy.mil/rda/Pages/default.aspx North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Search - www.census.gov/naics/ - matching NAICS codes to SB size standards (via SBA) - www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - www.osha.gov Postal Services (US) - www.usps.gov/ Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) - piee.eb.mil Product Service Code (PSC) selection tool - psctool.us/ Professional Organizations for Contracts / Acquisitions / Procurement / Purchasing Persons - Association for Proposal Management Professionals - www.apmp.org/ - Coalition for Government Procurement (CGP), The - thecgp.org/ - Institute for Supply Management (ISM) - www.ismworld.org/ -- nearest chapter - austin.ismworld.org/ - National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) - www.naspo.org/ - National Contract Management Association (NCMA) - www.ncmahq.org/ -- Commerce & Contract Management Institute - ncmahq.org/Web/About/CCM-Institute/Commerce---Contract-Management-Institute.aspx - National Institute of Government Purchasing - www.nigp.org/ -- San Antonio Public Purchasing Association (local chapter) - www.sappa.org/ Ratification? - Link to a Department of Army MedCom YouTube Video (If more commanders / contracting offices required training like this throughout their purview of authority, there would be fewer unauthorized commitments!) - youtu.be/_Ruw-uCI3Ec Receiving Reports (the Receiving Process) - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/appendix_f.htm Regus (for short term professional office space ... please advise them GSAC NCMA referred you) - www.regus.com/en-us Regulations (central US government repository) - www.regulations.gov/ Research (dictionary, maps, foreign currency, etc.) - itools.com SA Express-News Classifieds Search via Hearst Media - www.hearstmediasa.com/classifieds Salary Survey and more - www.salary.com Secretary of the AF / Acquisition - ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Small Business Gateway - www.sec.gov/resources-small-businesses Service Corps of Retired Executives (free small business mentoring) - www.score.org/ Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov/ - check out SBA's San Antonio District Office at www.sba.gov/district/san-antonio, - check out SBA's Training at www.sba.gov/sba-learning-platform, - their Small Business Development Centers at www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-locations/headquarters-offices/office-small-business-development-centers, - their Subcontracting Network at subnet.sba.gov/client/dsp_Landing.cfm, and - their Woman-Owned Business' US government gateway at www.sba.gov/business-guide/grow-your-business/women-owned-businesses Small Business Programs Office (DoD with links to other DoD agencies' SBPOs) - https://business.defense.gov/ Small Business Resource Guide (from Go Go Shopper) - www.gogoshopper.com/resources/the-small-business-resource-guide.html Source America (formerly the National Industries for the Severly Handicapped or NISH) - sourceamerica.org/ Standard Procurement System (SPS) / Procurement Desktop - Defense (PD2) - www.caci.com/standard-procurement-system-sps-pd2-training State and Local Government Portal - www.usa.gov/state-local-governments State Department Business Center - www.state.gov/business/ Subcontracting Reporting System, Electronic - www.esrs.gov Surety List, Approved via US Treasury - www.fiscal.treasury.gov/surety-bonds/circular-570.html System for Award Management (SAM) - www.sam.gov/SAM/ - Contract Opportunities (was fbo.gov) - sam.gov/opportunities - Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) - www.fapiis.gov/ - Wage Determinations, Davis-Bacon (some portions may be restricted to .mil) - sam.gov/search/?index=dbra - Wage Determinations, SCA - sam.gov/search?index=sca ThomasNet (Thomas Register Directory) ... information source for commercial and government contracting agencies - www.thomasnet.com Time (Exact) - time.gov/ Travel Regulations (was JTFR / DoD) - www.travel.dod.mil/ UNICOR Online - www.unicor.gov/ Value Engineering (PDF for right-click only) - apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA464089.pdf Veterans' Administration Small / Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office - www.va.gov/OSDBU/ Where in Federal Contracting? References (WIFCON) - www.wifcon.com/ - WIFCON Quic-Kit (Handy Contracting Guides / Handbooks / more) - www.wifcon.com/quickit.htm