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Attention Veteran Owned Business Directory Members (and veterans thinking about starting/buying a business): The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization’s (OSDBU) VetBiz’s site provides information about the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) (formerly the Center for Veterans Enterprise) efforts to verify Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs). SDVOSBs and VOSBs who… Read more
Disney Supplier Diversity Conference for Veterans in Orlando
Attention Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses:
Disney Supplier Diversity Conference for Veterans in Orlando
Who: General Contractors and Major sub-trades
(Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Underground Utilities)
When: March 20, 2015 0800-1700
Where: Orlando, FL
The Walt Disney Company will be hosting a General Construction Diversity Conference exclusively for Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses in… Read more
Veteran Owned Business Newsletter – Winter 2015
VOSB/SDVOSB News:
Veteran Owned Business Receives Business Influencer Award
Veteran Owned Business Project has been named a Top 100 Champion in the 2014 Small Business Influencer Awards. The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America. The Awards recognize the unsung heroes of small businesses – those who support and encourage entrepreneurs and small… Read more
July 21, 2013 Marked The 83rd Anniversary Of The Creation Of The Veterans Administration
7/21/2013: 83nd Anniversary of the creation of the “Veterans Administration.”
Click here to view the history of the Veterans Administration (pdf).
Which is what most people still call the VA even though their official name is the Department of Veterans Affairs. The establishment of the Veterans Administration came in 1930 when Congress authorized the president to “consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans.”… Read more
GAO Reports CVE Certification Program Still Vulnerable to Fraud and Abuse
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ Center for Veterans’ Enterprise’s Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program remains vulnerable to fraud and abuse according to a new finding released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). VA has made inconsistent statements about its progress in verifying firms listed in VetBiz.gov using the new, more-thorough process the agency implemented in response… Read more
July 21, 2012 is the 82nd Anniversary of the Creation of the Veterans Administration
7/21/2012: 82nd Anniversary of the creation of the “Veterans Administration.”
Click here to view the history of the Veterans Administration (pdf).
Which is what most people still call the VA even though their official name is the Department of Veterans Affairs. The establishment of the Veterans Administration came in 1930 when Congress authorized the president to “consolidate and coordinate Government… Read more
VA Exceeds Government-Wide Goal for Veteran-Owned Business Procurement
Veteran Owned Business Public Service Announcement:
WASHINGTON, Jul 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Department of Veterans Affairs exceeded by more than six times the Small Business Administration (SBA) goal of government procurements to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) according to the SBA scorecard released today. That total surpassed the combined procurements from the rest of the civilian… Read more