Posts By Jeremy Higbee

Miscellaneous

CONTRACTORS RAISE IN MINIMUM WAGE

As you might have heard in the State of the Union, President Obama is flexing his executive authority, raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. Obama has asked Congress to enact the increase, but they have not yet voted on it. However, this type of action does not need congressional approval;Read… Read more »

Acquisition, Communications, Miscellaneous

Top Five Government Contracts of 2013

From the Air Force to Health and Human services, 2013 proved to be an exciting expensive year for government contracts. These large federal contracts run into the billions, so smaller businesses or companies will have a more difficult time competing. However, for any contractor of any size, it is interesting to see what the governmentRead… Read more »