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		<title>Finding Less Competition in Federal Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[85% of federal opportunities have less than 4 competitors…

We recently compiled a federal intelligence report for our utility construction client located on the east coast… Over the past two years $3.9 Billion was spent with contractors on various forms of utility construction for the federal government and ¼ of the opportunities had only ONE response.  85% of the 11657 of the contracts awarded had less than 4 responses. That’s $2.7 B in awards that had less than 4 competitors.

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		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/07/19/federal-opportunities/</link>
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		<title>How Smart Are You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://isifederal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/BP-Lobster-Coke.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-506" title="BP-Lobster-Coke" src="http://isifederal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/BP-Lobster-Coke.jpg"width="364" height="86" /></a>
What do a Blood Pressure Kiosk, a Lobster Tank and Coca-Cola have in common?  They, along with thousands of other purchases, were all executed by the very same contracting officer in the federal government...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/05/14/doing-business-with-government-how-smart-are-you/</link>
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		<title>BRAC Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Buzz about BRAC
Holy smokes!  If your business is in Maryland and you think you missed the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) boat- think again.  A friend of mine forwarded the presentation from the GOVCON ...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/05/10/doing_business_with_government_brac-update/</link>
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		<title>Green Initiatives Gather Momentum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month USDA announced a joint effort with the Navy to Encourage the Development and Use of Renewable Energy.  This is in addition to the USDA announcement of their collaboration with GSA on a $500 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/04/20/doing-business-with-government-green-initiatives-gather-momentum/</link>
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		<title>Federal Construction News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was no April fools. In the first 5 days of the month, 368 contracts were awarded in 47 states for a total of $414,815,821.60 &#8211; all under ONE construction NAICS classification 236220.
That is one ...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/04/10/federal-construction-news/</link>
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		<title>Learning from mistakes…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever get an e-mail response that starts like this? “Thanks for the information.  I wish that I had known about this company last month...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/04/09/doing_business_with_government_learning-from-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>Federal Government Forecasting Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from Doing Business with the Government Handbook by Dave Lowe
A friend of mine was asking how we can get an idea of what is coming down the pike for opportunities with the federal government, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/04/07/federal_government_forecasting/</link>
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		<title>Honing your proposals with a “Formal Debrief”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next time you lose, ask for a Formal Debrief.  Not only will you receive valuable insight into what you might have missed, if you are willing to listen, you will also be provided with inside information regarding the internal processes of both the agency and the contracting office. ]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/04/02/honing-your-proposals-with-a-formal-debrief/</link>
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		<title>Doing Business with FEMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a contractor that can provide disaster relief services?  FEMA wants to know about you...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/03/18/doing-business-with-fema/</link>
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		<title>Your Federal Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Once you have an understanding of where the money is and who is spending it, you can go through the process of establishing your plan for gaining access to those opportunities.  Here are the primary ...]]></description>
		<link>http://isifederal.com/2010/03/08/your-federal-strategy/</link>
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