Improving Federal and Department of Defense Use of Service-disabled Veteran-owned Businesses

Improving Federal and Department of Defense Use of Service-disabled Veteran-owned Businesses
Author: Amy G. Cox
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780833080974

The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level.

Hearing on Excellence in Action

Hearing on Excellence in Action
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs
Author: William B. Shear
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1437914446

The fed. gov¿t. 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. The Dept. 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. The act also requires VA to establish contracting goals for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses and other veteran-owned small businesses. This report makes publicly available the contents of a briefing held on Jan. 30, 2009 which reviews the VA¿s goals. Charts and tables.

Multiple Agencies Provide Assistance to Service-Disabled Veterans Or Entrepreneurs, But Specific Needs are Difficult to Identify and Coordination Is Weak

Multiple Agencies Provide Assistance to Service-Disabled Veterans Or Entrepreneurs, But Specific Needs are Difficult to Identify and Coordination Is Weak
Author: William Elmore
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1437911552

As of July 2008, 33,000 servicemembers had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Act contained provisions directing agencies to improve coordination when providing entrepreneurial assistance for vet. For ex., it: (1) established the authority for an interagency task force to coordinate these efforts; (2) increased the number of Vet. Bus. Outreach Centers; (3) directed the SBA Admin. to sponsor an independent study on gaps in the avail. of Vet. assist. centers; and (4) directed SBA to create written materials on self-employ. and vet. entrepreneurship. This report describes the: (1) types of assistance that may be needed by service-disabled vet. who want to become entrepreneurs; and (2) resources that are available to assist vet. Illustrations.