Category: Political News: Veteran Owned Businesses

PA Governor Corbett Expands State Contracting Opportunities for Veteran Owned Small Businesses

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Corbett recently announced new efforts to provide equal footing for small businesses and small veteran-owned businesses in competing for state contracting opportunities and bidding as prime contractors. Announcing...

July 21, 2012 is the 82nd Anniversary of the Creation of the Veterans Administration

7/21/2012: 82nd Anniversary of the creation of the “Veterans Administration.” Click here to view the history of the Veterans Administration (pdf). Which is what most people still call the VA even though their official...

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Federal Government’s Small Business Contracting Report Card

The federal government has yet again fallen short of its stated small-business contracting goals, extending a streak of coming up just shy for an eleventh consecutive year. Federal agencies awarded a total of $91.5...

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VA Exceeds Government-Wide Goal for Veteran-Owned Business Procurement

Veteran Owned Business Public Service Announcement: WASHINGTON, Jul 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Department of Veterans Affairs exceeded by more than six times the Small Business Administration (SBA) goal of government procurements to...

Attn SDVOSBs: May/June 2012 Issue of VetLikeMe Newsletter is now available for viewing

Attention Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses: The May-June 2012 VetLikeMe SDVOSB Newsletter (Volume 3, No. 3) is now available for viewing.  In this issue: Questions for Secretary Shinseki (Hardy Stone Column) The noun, “Veterans Administration”...