On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
Between 2010 and 2014, BIA contracting was between 7 percent and 13 percent. You had said that the Buy Indian Act goal should be 100 percent. That is a pretty good gap.
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Tester highlights the disparity in BIA contracting versus the Buy Indian Act goal.
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