This is the third SBIR Insider I've written for December 2016. Fortunately I deleted the first two, since new developments brought additional perspective to the stories and how they may affect you. With the election over, we can now concentrate on the future.
Good news on two fronts: a) The government avoided a shutdown by passing a medium-short term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through April 28, 2017; b) Congress passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which contained language that keeps SBIR/STTR authorized through September 30, 2022.
However, both of these issues have significant upsides and downsides (gosh, we're sounding like traditional media) that will have an effect on our SBIR/STTR and small business programs. Let's investigate...
