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NEWS ARCHIVE
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2008
September 29
The Federal OSDBU Directors Interagency Council (“OSDBU Council”) has announced the elections of its officers for the Fiscal Year 2009, beginning October 1, 2008. Glenn Delgado, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Assistant Administrator (NASA), Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), will lead the organization as Chair; Mauricio Vera, OSDBU Director, Agency for International Development (USAID) will serve as Vice Chair and Valerie Hayes, OSDBU Director, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will serve as Secretary. They succeed Jim House, USDA OSDBU Director and Kristi Wilson, U. S. Department of Education who served as Fiscal Year 2008 Chair and Vice Chair. LaJuene Desmukes, U. S. Department of Commerce OSDBU Director, served as Acting Secretary.
May 30
Mark Oliver, Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization was named one of six national 2008 Distinguished Public Service recipients out of 1.8 million Federal government employees at a ceremony hosted by the National Image, Inc., in Las Vegas, NV, on April 16, 2008. The ceremony was a part of the National Image, Inc., 36th Annual Training Conference and Exposition.
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2007
December 20
Ms. Pat Hodge, Woman-Owed and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Representative, United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), will retire on January 3, 2008 from the USDOT after over 42 years of loyal service.
December 19
Frank Gisondi, Business and Procurement Specialist, Department of the Interior, will retire from Federal service, effective January 3, 2008.
December 17
Mauricio P. Vera has been selected as Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. He will begin serving in this position in January of 2008.
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2004
June 24
OSDBU Directors Interagency Council special luncheon meeting will be open to the public. RSVPs are required by May, 24. Registration and RSVP Information.
April 20
Don't miss out on the...14th Annual OSDBU Procurement Conference -- There will be 250 exhibitors, including Federal agencies, large and small businesses, local and state government representatives, for this one day conference with workshops and one-on-one counseling sessions. Show Place Arena (Upper Marlboro, MD)
March 24
Invitation to register online with the U.S. Department of Commerce's 'A-76 Small Business Sources' web-enabled database. Registered information about your company, its products and services, will serve as a helpful information resource for various Federal officials engaged in A-76 business activities. Registration is free and online data entry is simple and easy to conduct.
February 25-26
3rd Rebuilding Iraq Conference & Expo; Sheraton National Hotel, (Arlington, VA)
February 11
Invitation to attend a briefing for industry on...Doing Business in Iraq: Opportunities in Investment, Trade and Reconstruction, 9am-11:30am, U.S. Department of Commerce (Washington, DC)
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2003
December 29
The U.S. SBA, DoD, OMB and GSA are taking steps to simplify the federal contracting process by creating an integrated database of small businesses that want to do business with the government. The integration will begin on January 1, 2004...more
December 19
Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-183). President George W. Bush signs H. R. 2297, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, Public Law 108-183 which provides the authority to set-aside Federal requirements for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses. This authority is similar to the 8(a) and the HUBZone programs.
December 17
Federal OSDBU Directors Interagency Council elects Executive Committe Members for 2004.
October 15
Summary of the U.S. Senate version of the Small Business Reauthorization Act
September 04
The General Accounting Office (GAO) released the following report:
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization: Some Agencies' Advocates Do Not Report to Required Management Level. GAO-03-863
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03863.pdf
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d03863high.pdf
August
"Best Practice" Developed by the External Liaison Committee of the Federal OSDBU Directors Interagency Council - Model Code of Expectations Between Federal OSDBUs and Small Businesses
June
Federal Prime Contract Awards to Small Businesses in FY02...FY02 Socioeconomic Accomplishments
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2008