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Bureaucracy Discouraging Small Businesses From Contracting With NASA

Pat Host

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

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Bureaucracy Discouraging Small Businesses From Contracting With NASA

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Procurement bureaucracy and Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations are discouraging small businesses from contracting with NASA, according to industry executives.Carol Craig, president and CEO of Craig Technologies in Cape Canaveral, Fla., told a House panel Tuesday slipping timelines, unpredictable budgets, lots of paperwork and certification and the lack of milestone payments are making smaller businesses look to other federal agencies for business. Craig Technologies employs about 450 people with about $45 million in revenues, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.Craig also…

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