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Department of Veterans Affairs contracting with veteran-owned small businesses
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Department of Veterans Affairs contracting with veteran-owned small businesses [electronic resource] / [William B. Shear].
Published
Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
Physical Description
31 p. : digital, PDF file.
Notes
Chiefly slides.
Title from cover screen (viewed on Mar. 20, 2009).
"March 19, 2009."
"GAO-09-391R."
Summary
The federal government's long-standing policy has been to use its buying power -- the billions of dollars it spends through contracting each year -- to maximize procurement opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by service-disabled veterans. Under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to give first and second priority to small businesses owned by service-disabled and other veterans, respectively, when it uses small business preferences to award its contracts, which totaled more than $14 billion in fiscal year 2008. The act also requires VA to establish contracting goals for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) and other veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB) and gives VA unique authorities to use contracting preferences for SDVOSBs and VOSBs to help it reach those goals.
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Department of Veterans Affairs contracting with veteran owned small businesses
Veterans Affairs contracting with veterans
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2009
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 3/20/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09391r.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
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