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THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING SHOWCASE WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 11, 2020
AT THE
RADISSON LACKAWANNA STATION HOTEL
SCRANTON, PA
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
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Welcome New PTAC Team Member
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On January 2nd, Jeffrey K. Box, President & CEO of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, welcomed Ms. Kara Smith as the new Government Procurement Specialist supporting the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). Mr. Box stated,"Kara will a strong addition to the PTAC program and services provided by the NEPA Alliance. I am looking forward to her contribution in the government contracting client space." Ms. Smith, native of the region, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a Minor in Psychology from Shippensburg University. She recently completed her Master of Business Administration degree through Carson-Newman University.
"I am very happy to welcome Kara to the PTAC Team. Her skills and background will complement the services we provide" said Stephen Ursich, NEPA Alliance Vice President Business Development Services Division.
Please welcome Kara to the NEPA Alliance family.
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Statement
from New SBA Administrator
Jovita Carranza
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It is my honor and privilege to return to the SBA as the Agency's 26th Administrator. I'm thrilled to have been selected by President Trump, and I look forward to serving America's entrepreneurs.
With historically low unemployment and soaring small business optimism, this is such an exciting time for small business owners in America, and I'm determined to leverage the power of the SBA to help bring even more prosperity to America's small businesses.
Our nation's entrepreneurs are innovators, risk-takers, and the catalyst for employment opportunities within their communities.
In particular, I look forward to helping elevate female entrepreneurs and our military veterans, expanding access to SBA resources among entrepreneurs in disadvantaged communities, and continuing to prioritize disaster relief.
As the voice for America's 30 million small businesses, I'm eager to advocate on your behalf as a member of the President's Cabinet.
Source: SBA Email 1/21/2020
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New Patent Trial and Appeal Board Toolkit Now Available.
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is committed to expanding resources available to individual inventors, small businesses, and those new to or with limited experience with the patenting process. As part of effort, PTAB has prepared a "
New to PTAB
" toolkit available on the PTAB webpage of the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.
The
toolkit
contains a wide variety of information about PTAB and its proceedings. For example, the toolkit walks through the basics of how to file an ex parte appeal to seek review of a final rejection made by an examiner. The toolkit also details the various steps involved in post-grant proceedings, such as an inter partes review, and what options the parties have at each step to make their case. Additionally, the toolkit features videos and frequently asked questions including how to prepare for and present arguments at an oral hearing. Best of all, the toolkit provides points of contact for follow-up questions.
Check out the
New to PTAB
toolkit today. If you have suggestions on additional resources PTAB can make available regarding their proceedings, please email them at
trials @uspto.gov
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Click
HERE to access the February 2020 issue of National Defense magazine.
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The Luzerne County Transportation Authority, herein referred to LCTA, is seeking a qualified contractor (Proposer) to provide the installation of security fencing and gates surrounding the entire perimeter of LCTA's newly acquired 12+ acre property in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Proposer will also be responsible for the clearing and grading of a 25 foot wide (approx.) area along the property fence line including removal of any existing fencing, clearing of large rocks, concrete slabs and clearing and grubbing of all vegetation (i.e., trees, bushes ... etc.). This project is being undertaken to facilitate LCTA's goal of improving their security posture and to safeguard property and LCTA equipment.
A complete Request for Proposals package is available by contacting Mr. Lou Uritz at LCTA, 570-855-9356 ext.: 210 or
luritz@lctabus.com or online at
www.lctabus.com. The Proposer will submit one (1) original proposal with originals of all the required certifications and affidavits along with three (3) hard copies of the proposal, required certificates and affidavits. All proposals are due no later than 12:00 PM EST, March 04, 2020.
Questions regarding this project should be directed to: Vince Coviello, Maintenance Director and Project Manager (
vcoviell@lctabus.com) and or Lou Uritz, Director of Procurement (
luritz@lctabus.com
); questions regarding DBE, VA. VOSB, and SDVOSB participation should be directed to Frank Knorek, DBE Liaison and Compliance Analyst (
fknorek@lctabus.com
).
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
NAICS was developed under the auspices of the Office of Management and Budget and adopted in 1997 to replace the Standard Industrial Classification system. It was developed jointly by the U.S. Economic Classification Policy Committee, Statistics Canada, and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia, to allow for a high level of comparability in business statistics among the North American countries.
You can determine which NAICS Code(s) work best for your business by using the search feature at the U.S. Census Bureau NAICS
website.
Make sure you use the 2017 NAICS Search feature.
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Advocacy Releases Fact Sheet on Growth in Number of Rural Business Establishments
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Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are defined around areas of high population density. A comparison of counties within MSAs to those outside reveals how growth has varied between metropolitan and rural areas. Since 2000, the number of establishments in metropolitan counties has grown by 30.9 percent, while the number in rural counties has grown by only 7.2 percent. Read
"Small Business Facts: Growth in Number of Rural Establishments"to learn more.
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PA eMarketplace Solicitations
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The following is a list of upcoming PA eMarketplace procurement items available from various Commonwealth agencies. Many of these solicitations may not yet be advertised. Refer to the solicitations section for those procurement opportunities available for response. You can access the solicitations by the project title's hyperlink shown below:
ID Number:
116186 - Agency: Human Services
ID Number: 116041 - Agency: Human Services
ID Number: 116066 - Agency: Transportation
ID Number: 115823- Agency: Attorney General
Source: PA eMarketplace
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Social media can be a huge contributor to a company's
lead generation efforts
in both B2B and B2C. But how efficient are the different social channels in directly driving leads? In a recent study of over 5,000 businesses, HubSpot found that traffic from LinkedIn generated the highest visitor-to-lead conversion rate at 2.74%, almost 3 times higher (277%) than both Twitter (.69%) and Facebook (.77%).
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This Procurement Technical Assistance Center is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency, Appalachian Regional Commission, and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development."
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