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| May 17, 2022 | Disabled Vets Continue to Lose Out On Government Contracts | Over the years Congress and state governments have enacted various laws to support veteran and disabled veteran-owned businesses. A key goal has been to assist veterans as they reintegrate into civ ...Read more |
| March 19, 2022 | New Ohio Law Reduces Barriers for M/W/VBEs | Ohio has been taking a more proactive approach in getting businesses from historically marginalized communities involved in more public works contracts and procurement. On March 2, 2022 the s ...Read more |
| January 30, 2022 | Pennsylvania spending on SDB and VBE firms increases by 30% | Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced that his administration had $856 million in state contract spending for fiscal year 2020-2021 with small, diverse and veteran-owned businesses. Th ...Read more |
| December 29, 2021 | SDVOSB Federal Contracting Goal Could Rise from 3% to 5% with New Congressional Bill | In honor of Veterans Day, a congressional bill, H.R.5953 was introduced by United States Representatives Trey ...Read more |
| December 3, 2021 | White House Begins Implementing Reforms to Increase SDB Procurement | The White House released a fact sheet on Thursday detailing five reforms as “the first step towards meeting the President’s goal of ensuring that 15 percent of federal contracts go to SDBs by 2 ...Read more |
| November 26, 2021 | SDVOSBs Get Contract Set-Asides with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | The Small Business Office of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defence Command (USASMDC) has launched its first service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) Set Aside contract program. < ...Read more |
| November 12, 2021 | Wisconsin Veteran Business Owners Seek Action | The Wisconsin State Legislature created the Supplier Diversity Program and in 2014 set a goal of awarding one percent of state contracts to veteran-owned businesses. That goal has never been ...Read more |
| October 1, 2021 | Need to Procure a Small Business? There’s an App for That | The app features a map of Virginia that shows the locations of vendors that match whatever keyword you plug in. We tested it with the search term “concrete” and were shown a busy constellation ...Read more |
| August 26, 2021 | EPA Creates Diversity Task Force, Will Spend More With DBEs | Earlier this month, an internal EPA email was obtained by E&E news. In it, Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe told employees of the agency that a “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (D ...Read more |
| August 20, 2021 | Contract Awarded for $840M VA Hospital in Kentucky | The 910,115-square-foot medical center will be built by Turner Construction and Walsh Construction as a joint venture. It will feature 104 beds, a facility for female veterans, two parking structur ...Read more |