Commerce Deputy Secretary Hosts Veteran Business Expo
Furthers
Presidents Small Business Agenda and Highlights Importance of
Veterans To Our Nation and Economy
In
recognition of Veterans Day, U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Sam Bodman
today hosted the Veteran Business Expo at the U.S. Commerce Department
where veteran-owned small business firms showcased their products
and/or services. The expo both honored the contributions by veterans
to our nation and our economy and furthered the Presidents Small
Business Agenda in ensuring full and open competition to government
contracts by small businesses that can supply the governments
needs.
Prior
to the expo, Deputy Secretary Bodman held a meeting with CEOs and
senior executives of several veteran and service disabled veteran-owned
small businesses and large corporations about the importance small
business has to our economy and how the federal government can work
with the private sector in helping entrepreneurs flourish.
Veteran
business owners are our nations heroes and have earned an opportunity
to do business with the federal government, said Bodman. Small
businesses contribute significantly towards driving innovation and
creating jobs, and I am pleased to further the Presidents commitment
to create fair opportunities for this key sector of our economy.
The
Veteran Business Expo offered an opportunity to highlight Commerces
support for veteran-owned small firms. Program managers, acquisition
officials and bureau heads were on hand to network with the firms
and provide guidance in acquiring contracting opportunities.
The
exhibitors featured the latest in systems engineering & analysis,
security, CRM, workflow & document management, modeling &
simulation, computer hardware & software, enterprise architecture,
e-commerce, LAN/WAN, and business process re-engineering.
Participating
companies included Advanced Resource Technologies, Alexandria, Va.;
HeiTech Services, Inc., Lanham, Md.; MTS Technologies, Arlington,
Va.; Rigid Systems, Columbia, Md.; SSB, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; Technatomy
Corporation, McLean, Va.; Thomas & Herbert Consulting, LLC, Silver
Spring, Md.; and V-Tech Solutions, Inc., Washington, D.C.
The
expo was hosted by the Department of Commerces Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Office of the Chief
Information Office and was sponsored by the Federal Business Council.