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From  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Federal contractors and subcontractors with the E-Verify Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirement must enroll in and use E-Verify.  Beginning January 5, new federal contractors and subcontractors with a FAR requirement must provide their Data Universal Numbering System ( DUNS ) during the E-Verify enrollment process. Existing E-Verify employers designated as federal contractors with a FAR requirement do not have to provide their DUNS number, but will be prompted to enter it in E-Verify when they update their company profile.  To learn more about enrolling in E-Verify, use the E-Verify enrollment checklist and view the enrollment video . Subscribe to the mailing list and follow   @EVerify for the latest employment eligibility verification news.  

Recently, a client asked Judy Wolf, the NY SBDC's Government Contracting Coordinator , if there was a source the compiled information on all matchmaker events taking place in NY, CT, MA, NH, and VT.  Unfortunately, she wasn't aware of such a resource. Fortunately (for the rest of us), she pulled together some really useful information for those states. From Judy: In NYS, matchmaker events tend to be coordinated on an agency-by-agency basis. For NY, I'd recommend getting on the mailing lists for the agencies that most frequently organize them, such as the regional PTACs and the SBA. I do know of the following: •    March 28 North Country PTAC Matchmaker in Watertown: http://www.wbenc.org/calendar-all/2017/3/28/2017-north-county-ptac-matchmaker-ny •    The SBA Albany Matchmaker this year is June 20: https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ny/syracuse/resources/albany-matchmaker-expo •    The SBA Buffalo Matchmaker looks like it's going to be May 10 this year • 

This is the second post in our " Contracting Corner " series from Judy Wolf, Government Contracting Coordinator, Mohawk Valley SBDC & NY SBDC Procurement Assistance Center   If you’re like most small business owners, you’re drawn to the idea of government contracting, but don’t necessarily know where to start. Perhaps you’ve heard talk of small business set asides or minority-, women-, and service-disabled veteran-owned business utilization requirements, which can make it sound as if winning government contracts is a given for companies owned by individuals who are eligible for certification. Don’t be fooled. While there can be some benefit to being a small business, particularly one owned by members of certain historically under-represented groups, government contracting is not an easy row to hoe. The following questions cover some cornerstones you’ll want to make sure form a solid part of your foundation before you start building your business in this comp

This is the first post in our " Contracting Corner " series from Judy Wolf, Government Contracting Coordinator, Mohawk Valley SBDC & NY SBDC Procurement Assistance Center Interested in government contracting? There’s good reason to look toward this area of opportunity. According to USAspending.gov, on the federal level in FY 2015 alone, more than $428 billion were spent on nearly 3.4 million contracts. More than 127,000 of those contracts were awarded in New York State, bringing nearly $9.4 billion into New York. Add to that the fact that it is written into law that the federal government has to do everything in its power to funnel 23% of its spending to small businesses, and this equates to great opportunity for entrepreneurs! Federal agencies take this responsibility very seriously. Recent measures to enforce the importance of these goals include adding measurements to the evaluations of senior federal agency officials tracking progress toward meeting small busine

The New York SBDC's Procurement Assistance program has updated the following list of procurement-related events in 2014:  2014 Procurement Events New York State Syracuse – March 20, 2014 Operation:  Start Up & Grow Veteran Business Conference Onondaga Community College, Gordon Student Center; 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM Register at http://www.sba.gov/operationstartup ; ( 315) 471-9393 Plattsburgh – March 21, 2014 ( Date Confirmed ) Plattsburgh Small Business Development Center and Empire State Development Team Up for a Small Business Matchmaker SUNY College at Plattsburgh, 194 US Oval, Plattsburgh, NY Karen Stehlin; Karen.Stehlin@plattsburgh.edu ; (518) 564-2042 Watertown – March 25, 2014 Watertown Small Business Development Center and North Country PTAC Matchmaker 2014 Jefferson Community College, Jules Center; 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM www.northcountryptac.com   (315) 788-4400 Robin Stephenson; rstephenson@sunyjefferson.edu ; (315) 782-9262 Buffalo –