Molly K. Gimmel & Diana Dibble Kurcfeld’s ThinkBusiness Magazine September 2009 article, Surviving the End-of-Fiscal Year Spending Crunch, describes the fourth quarter of the federal government fiscal year (July 1-September 30) as one of the busiest times for government contracting. It is particularly challenging for businesses pursuing multiple opportunities, but have limited resources. In this article, Gimmel and Kurcfeld talk about suggestions to manage multiple proposals during this really frenetic time of year.