Holli Dorr, owner of Hollister Construction Co. in Anaheim, hopes the Small Business Administration program's rules will help her company receive a contract to build military housing. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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That was great news for women who believed they had never received a fair share of those contracts.
But the government didn't reach that mandated goal, and six years later Congress passed the Equity in Contracting for Women Act to give women-owned businesses more traction getting federal contracts.
That program was never implemented. Disagreements, including a lawsuit, held it up, and advocates for the businesses accused federal officials of foot-dragging. The closest the government ever came to meeting the goal was 3.4% in fiscal 2008. Recently, however, there was new hope that the full 5% could finally become a reality. New rules for a Small Business Administration program to get contracts to women-owned businesses are going through final review by the agency.
Karen Mills, head of the SBA, told a congressional committee last month that it's almost ready to go live..........read more
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