USDA Agencies to Receive
Awards from the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs
The U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs is hosting
the 7th Annual Champions
of Veterans Enterprise program
in conjunction with the
2nd Annual Veteran-Owned
Business Accountability
Summit in Washington, DC.
During this event, Federal
Achievement Awards will
be presented to individual
contracting offices that
have met or exceeded the
3 percent Service Disabled
Veteran-owned Small Business
(SDVOSB) prime contracting
goal and have spent a minimum
of one million dollars with
SDVOSBs.
These prestigious awards
will be presented by the
Honorable Dr. James B. Peake,
M.D., Secretary of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Food Safety and Inspection
Service for scoring 20.54
percent and to the Forest
Service for scoring 4 percent.
USDA applauds these agencies
for these Fiscal Year 2007
achievements and looks forward
to their continued support
of veterans in business.