Good news for veteran owned businesses and organizations like VOB108- via Army Times:
The Obama administration is renewing efforts to expand opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses, hoping that a little aid to those who own or want to own their own businesses will help fuel a larger boost in the U.S. economy.
Two executive orders signed Monday (Apr 26, 2010)by President Obama create task forces that will recommend specific improvements in how small businesses are created, including expanded access to capital, advice on how to cash in on lucrative federal contracts and better counseling so that businesses remain on a strong economic footing. One of the two task forces specifically will look at veteran-owned small businesses, including those owned by disabled veterans.
Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said veterans, especially those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, have training and experience from the military that make them potentially strong small-businesses owners, including the ability to remain calm and innovative in a crisis, knowing how to take risks and knowing how to run a competent organization.
There are, he said, “significant opportunities for good outcomes” if the federal government can provide assistance.
Helping one veteran become a small-business owner has larger impacts on the economy, he said, because “veterans hire veterans. They know what they are getting.”
via Obama seeks to aid vet-owned small businesses – Army News, news from Iraq, – Army Times.
Now if we could only take the GSA and their incipient schedules out of the process for true small veteran owned businesses ($1 million and below) we may see some real action in the area. We made a proposal for a GSA Schedule EZ in 2005- that could also solve some of these problems.
The number one obstacle to gaining government work for small veteran owned businesses is the ordeal of getting and maintaining a GSA Schedule.
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