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New Veterans Jobs Bill is Top Priority as Congress Begins First 2013 Session

Legislation to help veterans find jobs was introduced in a package of top-priority bills filed on January 22 which was the first legislative business day of the new 2013 session of Congress. The legislation would reauthorize training and employment services created by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. The bill, called Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 (S.6),… Read more

100,000 Jobs Mission Hires More than 51,000 U.S. Veterans in Two Years

Coalition Releases 4th Quarter 2012 Hiring Number Today The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced today that its coalition companies have collectively hired 51,835 veterans through 2012. Launched in March 2011 by eleven major employers, the coalition of private sector companies is already more than half of the way to its goal of hiring at least 100,000 U.S. military veterans by 2020.… Read more
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Tax Credits for Hiring Veterans Survive 2013 Budget Cuts

Attention Veteran Business Owners: Tax credits for employers who hire military veterans or people belonging to certain disadvantaged groups (for example, people receiving government assistance or living in distressed areas) have survived the anticipated small business budget cuts. Although tax credits for hiring the disadvantaged expired in 2011 and those for hiring veterans expired at the end of 2012; both… Read more

Veteran Owned Business Project Celebrates 4th Anniversary on Veterans Day 2012

In addition to Veterans Day, today we also celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the official launch of the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Project. In 4 short years we have added and approved 15,000 member profiles, reached over 50,000 supporters had over 5,000,000 visitors who collectively viewed over 25,000,000 pages. This is an incredible accomplishment considering this was mostly done by the wonderful support… Read more

Total Small Business set aside: Design/Build 3,000 Sq. Ft. Storage Facility in Hammond, LA

Attention Veteran Business Owners: Solicitation Number: GS-07P-12-HH-C-0029 Agency: General Services Administration Office: Public Buildings Service (PBS) Location: Acquisition Services (7PQA) Email:  Anthony Kemp Place of Performance:  U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Air & Marine Facilities Program Management Office (AMF PMO) New Orleans Air Operations Branch  400 Judge Leon Ford Drive Hammond, LA 70401 This procurement is a 100% small… Read more

Unemployment Rate Among Veterans Masks High Unemployment of Post-9/11 Veterans | Veteran Owned Business PSA

Attention Veteran Owned Business Members and Visitors: According to data Veteran Owned Business has obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee the low overall unemployment rate among veterans masks the high unemployment rate of Post-9/11 veterans.  Among all veterans, those who served on active duty since September 2001 (Post-9/11 veterans) have the highest… Read more