ATTENTION SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) AND VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (VOSB) OWNERS
Event: Steps to Becoming VA Verified
Date: May 11, 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Center for Business Ingenuity, 900 State Street, Room 104, Erie, PA 16501
The Northwest Commission PTAC will present a FREE training seminar on “Steps to Becoming VA Verified” through the Veteran Administrations… Read more
Attention Veteran Business Owners and past/present military members interested in Entrepreneurship:
VA has developed the Verification Assistance Program (VAP) to help Veterans understand the Verification policy and process. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of denial due to lack of understanding and misinterpretation of the regulation. To accomplish this objective, the VA is establishing partnerships with… Read more
Attention Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses:
The Fall/Winter 2012 VetLikeMe SDVOSB Newsletter (Volume 3, No. 4) is now available for viewing.
In this issue: VA’s Non-Compliance Under Increased Scrutiny
Aldevra and Kingdomware continue to protest VA solicitations where SDVOSBs are not considered first in contracting priority. There have been 23 sustained GAO decisions to date. This means GAO agrees with… Read more
Attention Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses:
The July-August 2012 VetLikeMe SDVOSB Newsletter (Volume 3, No. 4) is now available for viewing.
In this issue: Under the Bus (Hardy Stone Column)
Since our first issue in October 2009, VetLikeMe has featured many interviews with members of Congress, senior government executives and SDVOSB professionals. We’ve featured conversations with Bill Johnson (R-OH), Senator… Read more
Attention Pennsylvania Veteran Business Owners:
Veteran Owned Businesses Get Federal Government Contract Help
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –Slippery Rock University’s Government Contracting Assistance Center will host a Federal Government Contracting Seminar for Veteran Owned Businesses from 9 a.m. to noon, Aug. 17, at the Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry Township.
The federal government has a 3 percent goal for awarding contracts and… Read more
MnDOT announces outreach initiative for veteran-owned businesses and Veteran Contracting Workshops
ST. PAUL, Minn. –– The Minnesota Department of Transportation today announced a new initiative to significantly increase the number of veteran-owned firms who can bid on MnDOT projects. The Veterans Outreach Initiative will identify veteran-owned businesses and assist them in the state certification process.
The number of veteran-owned firms… Read more
Attention Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses:
The May-June 2012 VetLikeMe SDVOSB Newsletter (Volume 3, No. 3) is now available for viewing.
In this issue: Questions for Secretary Shinseki (Hardy Stone Column)
The noun, “Veterans Administration” indeed sounds like an organization for veterans, doesn’t it? It implies a sort of ownership by America’s former soldiers who stepped up when needed by their… Read more