07/13/2011
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"We are always looking for ways to increase small business contracting opportunities, and I am proud to say that in the two and a half years I have been in my position, we have made significant and qua..."
"In fiscal year 2010, small businesses won 22.7 percent of federal contracting dollars. This marks the second consecutive year of increase and the largest two-year increase in over a decade."
"So when Congress passed the Small Business Jobs Act, which asked SBA to expand our 8(a) Mentor-Protege Program to include HUBZone-eligible firms, women-owned small businesses and service-disabled vets..."
"the difference between quantifiably tracking these things which we are really trying to push on and setting goals in advance as Mr. Shear said is where some of the challenges"