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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:54:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Central Contractor Registration (CCR) System Shut Down</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:51:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Central contractor registration system will shut down next Wednesday, May 23, 2012.&amp;nbsp; Companies currently use the online database&lt;/span&gt; to update their contractor registration with the federal government, and is required for many who receive ARRA&amp;nbsp;funds.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/Jh38CC&quot;&gt;Washington Business Journal&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;says,  the General Services Administration is leading an effort to consolidate  the various systems used for federal procurement into one: the System  for Award Management. Ultimately, the new system will make life easier  for contractors by allowing them to log in and enter their information  into one online system rather than many.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>CY 2012, Qtr1 Reporting Schedule Available</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:18:29 -0600</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;We will begin the reporting cycle for CY 2012, Qtr 1 soon.  The reporting schedule is provided on the information page of the reporting system - &lt;a href=&quot;https://reporting.iowa.gov/default.aspx?cmd=content&amp;amp;ContentID=Information&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  The last day to make corrections to the CY 2011, Qtr 4 Reports is close of business on Monday, March 12, 2012.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>CY 2011, Qtr 4 Data Publicly Available</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:47:15 -0600</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Recovery Act data reported through period ending December 31, 2011&amp;nbsp;is now available on the Iowa Recovery website - &lt;a href=&quot;../../../charts&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;  At this site, citizens are able to filter the data by county, state  agency, federal program, ARRA issue area&amp;nbsp;and keyword searches.&amp;nbsp; A detail  breakdown of job information by occupation is available - &lt;a href=&quot;../../../jobdata&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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