06/19/02 Roundtable
Are Government Purchasing Policies Failing Small Businesses?
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Event participants:
Ms. Susan Au Allen
President and CEO, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Steven App
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department fo the Treasury
Mr. Fred Armendariz
Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, U.S. SBA
Mr. Major Clark
Assistant Advocate for Procurement, U.S. SBA Office of Advocacy
Mr. Steve Denlinger
President and CEO, Latin American Management Association
Major General Charles Henry, U.S.A. (Ret.)
President and CEO, National Veterans Business Development Corporation
Mr. Morris Hudson
Program Director, Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance
Ms. Barbara Kasoff
Vice President, Women Impacting Public Policy
Ms. Pamela Mazza
Senior Partner, Piliero, Mazza & Pargament
Mr. Ron Newlan
Chairman, HUBZone Contractors National Council
Ms. Patricia Parker
President and CEO, Native American Management Services, Inc.
Ms. Joann Payne
President, Women First National Legislative Committee
Mr. Michael Robinson
Program Manager, Massachusetts Small Business Development Centers, University of Massachusetts
Mr. Ramon Rodriguez
Chief Operating Officer, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
The Honorable Angela B. Styles
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Ralph Thomas, III
Associate Administrator for OSDBU, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mr. John Turner
Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund
Mr. James Turpin
Director, Government and Industry Relations, American Subcontractors Association, Inc.
Mr. Henry Wilfong
President, National Association of Small Disadvantaged Businesses
Agenda for the Roundtable titled "Are Government Purchasing Policies Failing Small Businesses?"
- Opening Remarks
- Panel Introduction
- Federal Prime and Subcontracting Goals
- Why is meeting small business goals important?
- How accurate is goal reporting? Are there specific areas where improvements can be made?
- Why is the federal government failing to achieve small business goals, and who is accountable for goal achievement?
- Other issues.
- Improving the SBA's Small Business Contracting Programs
- What are the hurdles to small business participation, and how does government policy help or hurt?
- Where can small businesses turn for help when problems arise?
- Federal procurement law, statute versus regulation?
- Other issues.
- Procurement Legislation Before the Committee
- S. 1994, the "Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act."
- S. 2466, the "Small Business Federal Contractors Safeguard Act."
- The "Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act."
- Other legislative proposals and ideas.