Big Brother is Watching: What you need to know about TikTok & Federal Contracting If you are unfamiliar with the Big Brother reference, it comes from the George Orwell book “1984”. Originally published in 1949, the book is a science fiction novel that is about...
Why Do I Care About MnDOT’s Exhibit A Forms? Part of the “Barb’s Blog” intent is to take issues/concerns I work with members on and turn them into educational opportunities. This month I assisted a member who is getting substantially less work than...
Legislative Changes Improve State Contracting for TGs I am part of the SADBOC committee, and we do more than host the government procurement fairs. We have a monthly meeting where invited community organizations and government contracting representatives, state and...
Back to the Federal Reserve: Community Advisory Council Reunion One of my career highlights to date was my term serving on the Federal Reserve Board’s Community Advisory Council (CAC). I met some of the most accomplished leaders and was able to give feedback and...
Associate Member Joe Zandlo of Minneapolis Financial Group took Barb’s challenge to be intentional on using the AWC members for personal projects: “I recently took on a home renovation more extensive than a DIY project. For every project needing a contractor I...