
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 - ocm.od.nih.gov/
Acronym Finder - www.acronymfinder.com
Aerospace Mall - www.aerospacemall.com
Air Force Institute of Technology School - www.afit.edu
Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) - ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil
- Self Nomination and Civilian Announcement Notification Systems
(CANS) - ww2.afpc.randolph.af.mil/dpcedify/cans/
Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) Information by the American
Arbitration Assc. - www.adr.org
Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) USAF Link - www.adr.af.mil/
American Conference Institute (Business Courses) - americanconference.com
American Recovery and Reinvestmant Act (ARRA) links:
- a central governmentwide data collection system for recipients
of federal awards - www.federalreporting.gov
- access to data related to spending - www.recovery.org
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) - docs.law.gwu.edu/asbca/
Army Acquisition Support Center - asc.army.mil/
Association for Proposal Management Professionals - www.apmp.org/
Award Term Information (AF via DAU) - dap.dau.mil/policy/Documents/Policy/award.term.doc
Award Term Information (NCMA) access limited to members - members.ncmahq.org/learningcenter/st-html/fr-awdterm.html
Better Business Bureau - www.bbb.org
Business Insurance (An Informative Guide to Small Business) - www.businessinsurance.org/
Business Link to the US government (official) - www.business.gov
Business.com - www.business.com
Business Open Directory for Aerospace and Defense - www.dmoz.org/Business/Aerospace_and_Defense/
Business Opportunities (in DoD) - dodbusopps.com/
Business Solutions Exchange, Air Force (BSX) - bsx.edwards.af.mil/livelink/livelink.exe?func=llworkspace
Center for Advanced Management Programs (CAMP, several good
contracts courses) - www.epforms.com/camp/event_calendar.php
- University of Houston-Clear Lake offers seminars for Audits
in Government Contracting (21-22 Sep) and Socio-economic
Programs in Government Contracting (26-27
Oct) - www.uhcl.edu/camp
Central Contractor Registration (CCR, via Business Partner
Network (BPN)) - www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/
Commerce Business Daily - cbdnet.gpo.gov
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code - www.dlis.dla.mil/cage_welcome.asp
Community College of the Air Force - www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/
Comptroller General (GAO) Decisions - www.gao.gov/legal/decision.htm
Congressional Record - thomas.loc.gov/home/r111query.html
Consumer Protection Safety Commission Business Tab - www.cpsc.gov/businfo/businfo.html
Contract Pricing Reference Guides (from DoD Acq) - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpf/contract_pricing_reference_guides.html
Contracting Toolkit (USAF) - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=34057
Contracting Toolkit (USArmy) - www.aschq.army.mil/gc/ExpedContToolKit.htm
Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) Online
- www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/
- Architect-Engineering Contract Administration Support System
(ACASS) main - www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/acassmain.htm
- Construction Contractor Appraisal Support System (CCASS) main -
www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/ccassmain.htm
- CPARS main - www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm
- Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
(FAPIIS) main - www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/FAPIIS-main.htm
Customs & Border Protection (CBP) - www.cbp.gov/
DANTES Education Programs - www.dantes.doded.mil
Defense Acquisition Portal - akss.dau.mil/jsp/default.jsp
Defense Acquisition University - www.dau.mil/
- Contingency Contracting Toolkit - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=34122
- Course Schedule, current FY - www.dau.mil/studentInfo/Pages/schedules.aspx
-
Transcript Request - www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/dautranscript
Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) - www.dcaa.mil
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - www.dla.mil/
Defense Switch Network (DSN) Directory - dsnbbs.ncr.disa.mil/
DefenseTech (compendium of acquistion + events) - www.usdefensetech.com
Defense Contract Management Agency - www.dcma.mil
- Guidebook Tools (check out this Funding Cite Tutorial for how
to read a DoD Appropriation) - guidebook.dcma.mil/16/cancfund.ppt
Degree Experts - www.thedegreeexperts.com
DoD Acquisition Links - www.acq.osd.mil/related.html
DoD EMall - www.dlis.dla.mil/emall.asp
DoD FAR Supplement - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/
- DoD Contract Uniform Numbering System - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/204_70.htm
- Appendix G Activity Address Numbers (1998) - farsite.hill.af.mil/archive/dfars/1998/DFARSApxG.htm
DoD Techipedia (wiki) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoDTechipedia
Directives and Instructions (DoD) - www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/
DUNS Number (Dun & Bradstreet) - www.dnb.com
Economic Indicators (from the Economics & Statistics
Administration) - www.economicindicators.gov/
Electronic Government - www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/
Environmental Issues (via Texas Commission on Environmental
Policy) - 163.234.20.106/
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Small Business Gateway
- www.epa.gov/smallbusiness/
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - www.eeoc.gov
Excluded Parties List System - www.epls.gov/
Federal Acquisition Institute - www.fai.gov/
Federal Acquisition Regulation (AF / Searchable) - farsite.hill.af.mil / farsite.hill.af.mil/search.htm
Federal Acquisition Regulation (ARNet) - www.arnet.gov/far
Federal Acquisition Regulation (Navy Marine Corps Supplement
(NMCARS) and Guide (NMCAG)) - acquisition.navy.mil/content/view/full/3464
Federal Business Opportunities - www.fedbizopps.gov
Federal Communications Commission - www.fcc.gov/
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward
Reporting System - www.fsrs.gov
Federal Procurement Data System - www.fpds.gov
Federal Register - www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
Federal Spending Database- www.usaspending.gov
Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Search - www.drms.dla.mil/asset/fsclist.html
Federal Trade Commission Business Gateway - www.ftc.gov/ftc/business.shtm
FedWorld Site by Dept of Commerce - www.fedworld.gov
- check out their government links page at www.fedworld.gov/govlinks.html
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Small Business Assistance - www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/SmallBusinessAssistance
Forms (AF Electronic) - www.e-publishing.af.mil/
Forms (Army Electronic) - www.usapa.army.mil/
Forms (DoD Electronic) - www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm
GI Mail (DoD-Authorized Web-Based Email) - www.gimail.af.mil
Google Government- www.google.com/unclesam
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,
- Business and Non-Profit Gateway - www.usa.gov/Business/Business_Gateway.shtml
- eBuy - www.gsa.gov/ebuy
- IT Solutions Shop (ITSS) - web.itss.gsa.gov
- National Contact Center - www.info.gov/
- Purchase Card (IMPAC) Program - www.fss.gsa.gov/webtraining/, or
- Smart Pay - smartpay.gsa.gov
Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Small Business Office - www.hud.gov/offices/osdbu/index.cfm
Information Technology Superstore (for USAF) - afway.af.mil
Institute for Supply Management (ISM), was National Association
of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) - www.ism.ws/
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Small Business Center - www.irs.gov/businesses/small
ISO 9000 (et.al.) Information from the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
- ts.nist.gov/standards/conformity/iso9000.cfm
Justification and Approval Preparation Guide (AFFARS)
- farsite.hill.af.mil/archive/affars/2006-0515/IG5306.htm
Law Search (i.e. US Code @ Cornell) - www.law.cornell.edu
Legislature Small Business Committee - sbc.senate.gov/ (Senate) and www.house.gov/smbiz (House)
- also check out their Office of Compliance - www.compliance.gov
Library of Congress - www.loc.gov
MacRae's Blue Book (Industrial Directory) - www.macraesbluebook.com
- Canadian Trade Index (MacRea's Canadian sister site) - www.ctidirectory.com
Manufacturing Best Practices - www.bmpcoe.org
Market Research Course Description (via DAU) - acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=25263
Market Research Guide (via DoD, scroll down to Step 3) - www.acquisition.gov/comp/seven_steps/library3.html
Masters Degree Online (Guide to Schools) - www.mastersdegree.com/
Minority Business Development Agency - www.mbda.gov
NASA Market Research - www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/home/index.html
National Contract Management Association (NCMA) - www.ncmahq.org
National Industries for the Blind (NIB) - www.nib.org/
National Institute of Government Purchasing - www.nigp.org/eweb/
Navy Acquisitions - www.acquisition.navy.mil
NISH (Employment Opportunities for the Severly Disabled) - www.nish.org/
North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Search - www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
- matching NIACS codes to SB size standards (via SBA) - www.sba.gov/size/indextableofsize.html
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - www.osha.gov
OMB Circulars (i.e., A-76, A-87) - www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
Online Business Degree Information - www.onlinebusinessdegree.org/
- Student Guide - www.onlinebusinessdegree.org/resources/the-students-guide-to-understanding-business-classifications/
Patent & Trademeark Office (USPTO) - www.uspto.gov/
Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) - www.ppirs.gov/
- FAPIIS - www.ppirs.gov/fapiis.htm
Per Diem Rates (DoD) - www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_BASIC&contentId=17943
Performance Based Service Contracting (OFPP)
- www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/index_pbsa.html
Postal Services (US) - www.usps.gov/
Public Contracting Institute (PCI) - www.publiccontractinginstitute.com (too many good courses to list)
Ratification? - Link to Department of Army (DA) Form 3953 (If
more commanders / contracting offices required violators to
complete a form like this, there would be fewer unauthorized
commitments!) - www.bragg.army.mil/rccfb/UACFillable.pdf
Receiving Reports (the Receiving Process) - www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/appendix_f.htm
Regulations (central US government repository) - www.regulations.gov
Representations and Certifications (online application) - orca.bpn.gov
Research (dictionary, maps, foreign currency, etc.) - http://www.itools.com
Respond.com, get quotes - www.respond.com
Reverse Phone Lookup - www.yellow.com/reverse.html
SA Express-News Classifieds Search - mysa.kaango.com
Salary Survey - www.salary.com
San Antonio Public Purchasing Association - www.sappa.org
Secretary of the AF / Acquisition - ww3.safaq.hq.af.mil/
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Small Business Gateway -
www.sec.gov/info/smallbus.shtml
Sell to the US Air Force
(includes USAF Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office) - www.selltoairforce.org
Service Corps of Retired Executives - www.score.org
Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov/
- check out SBA's E-Business Institute at www.sba.gov/training/courses.html,
- their Small Business Development Centers at www.sba.gov/sbdc, and
- their Subcontracting Network at web.sba.gov/subnet
Small Business Programs Office (Army) - www.sellingtoarmy.info
Small Business Programs Office (DoD) - www.acq.osd.mil/osbp
Small Business Programs Office (Navy) - www.donhq.navy.mil/OSBP
Small Business Resource Guide (from Go Go Shopper) - www.gogoshopper.com/resources/the-small-business-resource-guide.html
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code Search (also see
NIACS) - www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Standard Procurement System (SPS) / Procurement Desktop - Defense
(PD2) - www.caci.com/business/sps_prog.shtml
State and Local Government Portal - www.statelocalgov.net
State Department Business Center - www.state.gov/business/
Subcontracting Reporting System, Electronic - www.esrs.gov
Surety List, Approved via US Treasury - fms.treas.gov/c570/c570_a-z.html
ThomasNet (Thomas Register Directory):
Handy information source for commercial and
government contracting agencies - www.thomasnet.com
Time (Exact) - tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
Travel Regulations (was JTFR / DoD) - www.defensetravel.dod.mil/
Uniform Commercial Code (via Cornell) - www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/
UNICOR Online - www.unicor.gov/
Value Engineering - ve.ida.org/ve/ve.html
VetBiz.gov (SDVOSB validation database) - www.vetbiz.gov/vip/viphm.htm
Wage Determinations, Davis-Bacon (may be restricted to .mil) - www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/
Wage Determinations, SCA - www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-sca.htm
Woman-Owned Business' US government gateway - www.womenbiz.gov/
Yellow Pages - www.yellow.com/