...important businesses, however, remain its government contracting operations. Helped out by the federal Small Business Administration's 8(a) program that allows Native corporations bidding preferences, Goldbelt's total revenues grew sharply...
...advantage tapped by Alaska Native corporations in obtaining billions of dollars in federal contracts through a Small Business Administration program.She introduced a bill last year that would strip the corporations of that edge.The NASA contract...
...Service, Forest Service and Food and Nutrition Service. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Small Business Administration, Economic Development Administration, Department of Energy and the Denali Commission also plan to be represented...
...work with the federal government has been a boon. "8(a) was the hook," McNeil said, referring to the Small Business Administration program that provides federal contract set asides. Currently five Sealaska subsidiaries qualify as 8(a...
...unprofitable ventures, focus on work in other areas and return to a profitability strategy and participation in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. "It was truly a teamwork approach," Wanamaker said. A release states the Alaska...
...The report by the Government Accountability Office says agencies need to do a better job monitoring the Small Business Administration 8(a) program that's designed to help small disadvantaged firms.The report says Native corporations...
...segments committed to the goal include: Small Business, Business Banking, Commercial Banking, Key4Women, Small Business Administration (SBA), Community Development Lending, and Native American/Agriculture. Forums, workshops, in-person...
...for tax relief to the representative's attention.Arnold was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration in 2011. Arnold, who started his first business in his teens, said Alaska's corporate tax is an impediment...
...Goldbelt's largest, but less visible, business focus is in government contracting under the federal Small Business Administration's 8(a) minority small business program. Under that, Goldbelt's companies can get small-business...
...other changes, eliminate the ability of the corporations to receive contracts with no monetary caps under a Small Business Administration program that aims to help small disadvantaged firms. "We've seen that a very small portion of these companies...
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