Government Contracts

SBA training March 25 — The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer free Web-enabled, instructor-led training. 1 to 4 p.m. Financial Management for Government Contractors, March 25 and 26; Federal Contracting and Government Contract...

SBA training March 18 — The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer free Web-enabled, instructor-led training. 1 to 4 p.m. Marketing and Capture Management, March 18 and 19; Construction Contracting, March 20 and 21; Financial Management for...

Alliance of Small Businesses March 11 — Alliance of Small Businesses’ networking event. Mike Cumberland of Keller Stonebraker Insurance will discuss the options brought about by the Maryland Healthcare Connector — the state exchange...

LANCASTER — Following a ruling by the state attorney general, the city of Lancaster was forced to turn over recordings from a January executive session where council members discussed the water contract between the city and the Garrard County...

LANCASTER — In a Feb. 21 ruling, the Kentucky Attorney General determined that Lancaster City Council violated the Open Meetings Act by entering into an executive session during its Jan. 14 meeting. The ruling came as a result of a written...

When a young Ukrainian billionaire acquired the North Carolina operations of chicken processor Townsends out of bankruptcy in early 2011, the deal seemed to symbolize the increasing globalization of our food supply. Oleg Bakhmatyuk, the majority owner...

The Highland Park City Council has approved the appointment of teacher and transportation commissioner Sally Higginson to serve out the term of a councilman elected to the Lake County Board. Mayor Nancy Rotering appointed Higginson to fill the vacancy...

Oct. 11, 2010: City Council approves Rose Bowl renovations that are expected to cost $151.9 million. Jan. 25, 2011: Project breaks ground. April 2011: Unanticipated foundation work increases project’s price tag to $156.5 million. December 2011:...

Catonsville-based Alpha Omega Technologies performs work for one federal agency, and it wants more contracts — a daunting goal for a small company in a time of tight budgets. But the head of the 25-person software firm thinks he has a leg up after...

City approves loan request for theater improvements The Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday approved a one-time exception for a loan request from The Maryland Theatre to borrow $28,000 for required heating, cooling and air conditioning upgrades and repairs...

A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...

The city of Baltimore is likely wasting tens of thousands of dollars a month on "phantom" phone lines that are never used, the city's new information technology director said Thursday. Chris Tonjes, who heads the Mayor's Office of Information Technology,...