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CED-76-134 1 (1976-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC IFVELOPMENT DIVISION B-132740 UNITED STATES GENERAL Ar-.0 T' OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED,, by ,,I<L _'., ,. . .- ~ ~~*'o-jo by'~ ~ ~~~~~~h Gen'e -0 ''ciJa r., The Honorable Charles Rose House of Representatives Dear r. Rose: Your April 9, 1976, letter asked us to determine whit action the Small Business Admiristration (SBA) had taken to help business women throloh its 8ectio. 8(a), ncurnc:t prcram. in an pri-, -1 i...tLrioj with the director and legal counsel of the Congressional Clearinq- house on Women's Rights, we agreed to obtain information on th-. uumben of business women who ha ve app!ed c a,-sis tcC uner the 2(.. ) p r - grm, th.. numer whose apolicatins have been r jpt,,1 end the -u of 8(a) contracts awarded to business woTmen during the last 5 yeois. We also agreed to determine whether SBA had an outreach program to advise business women of the 8(a) program. Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act authorizes UA to enter into procurement contracts with Federal agencies and, in turn, to subcontract the work to small businesses. In awarding an 8(a) subcontract, SBA hopes to provide a firm with enotucgh work to operate profitably while developinq its own sais. SB intend, that a firm will no lon ge r use the a ) program atefar achieving a competitive ,sition in the market place. The current emphasis of the program is to provide subcontra02ts to persons who have been deprived of a competitive position in the :con- omy because of social or economic disadvantage. Such disadvantaie may arise from cultural, social, or chronic economic cirl umstances, K.ck- ground, or other simil, causes. indivicual women may qualify for the program under these standards but SBA does not consider women to bt a socially or economically disadvantaged group. CED-76-134 L090 tj,7' oqo 6g LM090766 I- -

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