In 1994, The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) set a goal to award 5 percent of government contracts to Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). Earlier this year, 22 years after the goal was originally set, the SBA announced that the Federal Government had finally met — and exceeded — that goal. In 2016, the government made […]
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Tags: economically-disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, EDWOSB, government contracting, small business administration, women in government contracting, women-owned small-business, WOSB
Women’s history month is upon us, so it seems timely that we take a quick moment to celebrate the strides women entrepreneurs have made in the past half century…and the great strides we are making today! Thanks to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (and their supporters), […]
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Tags: economically-disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, EDWOSBs, entrepreneurship, federal contracting, federal contracting compliance, federal contracting dollars, federal contracting goals, federal contracting news, federal government contracts, Procurement, small business administration, women owned businesses, women owned small businesses, WOSBs
There’s good news for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs)! Effective as of October 14, 2015, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule expanding contracting officers’ authority to issue these business owners sole-source awards. The “new rule,” is sure to boost the quantity of U.S. Government issued awards […]
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Tags: contracting, contracting opportunities, economically-disadvantaged women-owned small businesses, EDWOSBs, entrepreneurship, sole-source awards, women owned small businesses, WOSBs
