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Get Expert GovCon Guidance from PilieroMazza

May 20, 2024/in GovCon /by BOOST

Sarah Nash and Nichole Atallah , partners in PilieroMazza’s Labor & Employment Group, helped BOOST learn more about how they help navigate the twists and turns of the GovCon road: In two bullet points or less, how are you solving problems for your clients? We leverage each of the firm’s practice groups—Labor & Employment, Government Contracts, Business & […]

FLSA Salary Limit Increase for Exemption Status

May 20, 2024/in Advice, GovCon /by Carolyn McKinney

Effective July 1st, salary limits for exemption from overtime will increase as step one of a two-step transition. This means significant change for many employers. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides certain exemptions from minimum wage and overtime payment provisions, namely employees in executive, administrative, professional, and some outside sales and computer-related occupations. So, what changed? To qualify for […]

How to Obtain a GSA Schedule Contract

May 6, 2024/in Advice, Contracts, GovCon /by Brie Paramo

The world of the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts is an exciting venture for businesses aiming to tap into the realm of government contracting. GSA Schedules offer a gateway to lucrative government contracts, with federal, state, and local government buyers investing over $45 billion annually through this contracting vehicle to access […]

Executive Coaching Impacts on Businesses Scaling Quickly

April 22, 2024/in Advice, Executive Coaching, GovCon /by BOOST

You’re a senior leader of a burgeoning business that is growing faster than the team is able to keep up with. You’re making decisions quickly, but you’re afraid you might be missing something. You’re not alone. One 2023 global study discovered that 74% of leaders are making 10-fold the number of decisions than they did […]

Tribal Organizations – Building for Generations to Come

April 8, 2024/in GovCon /by Stephanie Alexander

I’ve recently come back from RES2024, a conference focused on tribal companies, both in the federal and commercial space. The conference had over 4,500 attendees from what had to be every state and every type of company. While my world is all GovCon, it was interesting to see the depth and breadth of the different […]

Conference Season Wish List

April 1, 2024/in Advice, GovCon /by Stephanie Alexander

Much has been written about the dos and do nots of attending conferences. But little has been geared towards the user experience. I wrote this while on a plane heading to my first major conference of the season and reflected on some thoughts about what makes it work and what doesn’t. Accessibility. I want access […]

It’s Time to Change the Game in GovCon

March 22, 2024/in Newsletter /by BOOST

We Need to Apply a Full Court Press Approach to Get Younger Women on Boards: A Message from Stephanie Alexander (BOOST CEO & Founder): Washington Business Journal recently wrote an article about how the progress of women on corporate boards has now hit a wall. After a few years of progress, the past 1-2 years […]

We Need to Get Younger Women on Boards

March 18, 2024/in Advice, GovCon /by Stephanie Alexander

Washington Business Journal recently wrote an article about how the progress of women on corporate boards has now hit a wall. After a few years of progress, the past 1-2 years have slowed down dramatically. The article quotes the nonprofit 50/50 Women on Boards as saying that we were on track for gender parity […]

Fortune Favors The Prepared: Stellar Strategies for GovCon

March 5, 2024/in Newsletter /by BOOST

It’s Written in the Unanet Stars: Constellations have been used for centuries as guides for travelers and each star plays a unique role in forming a recognizable pattern. Let Unanet help connect the dots of your GovConstellation so you can see the bigger picture: Forecast Your GovCon Future with the GAUGE Report: Read the seventh […]

Understanding the Regulatory Layer Cake

February 20, 2024/in Newsletter /by BOOST

Compliance is a Science: Make sure you understand the regulatory layer cake recipe by keeping up with rule changes fresh out of the federal oven: DOL: Proposal to Restore, Extend Overtime Protections for 3.6 Million Low-Paid Salaried Workers: The proposal would restore and extend overtime protections to low-paid salaried workers, give workers who are not […]