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1 MINORITY ENTERPRISE ADVOCATE • January / February 2009MEAMinority Enterprise Advocate❒ Please Bill Me❒ Credit Card Paymentsiness MagazineEntrepreneursMEAMinority Enterprise Advocatetion Street to MEA __________________________________________________________MagazineMinority Enterprise Advocat eCity ___________________________________________________________A publication of the Minority Business & Professionals Network, Inc..95 State ______________________ Zip ____________ Country _____________9.90 E-mail address ___________________________________________________4.85 Credit Card ❒ MasterCard ❒ Visa ❒ American ExpresstPage 13Please allow 4-6 we s for e delive k ry f o your fi rs issue. tYes, Send me a subscription to MEA Magazine_____________________________________ MINORITY ENTERPRISE ADVOCATE • MAY/JUNE 2004 13__________________________________________________________________________Minority Enterprise Advocat e_____________________________________Zip ____________ A publication Country of the _____________ Minority Business & Professionals Network, Inc.o 1 year (6 issues) $24.95o 2 years (12 issues) $49.90❒ American Expresso 3 years (18 issues) $74.85_____________________________________❒ Visa__________________________________________________________________________MEA Magazine, 6911 Richmond Highway, Suite 302, Alexandria, VA 22306age. All other fo eign r subscri tions p add $32 US per year for po a s t g e .we s for e delive k ry f your o fi rs issue. tity Business & Professionals Network, Inc.o Please Bill Meo Credit Card PaymentINORITY ENTERPRISE ADVOCATE • MAY/JUNE 2004 13rm to: MEA (703) Name______________________________________________________________768-7034d Highway, Suite 302, Alexandria, VA 22306MEAMinority Enterprise Advocate❒ Please Bill Me❒ Credit Card PaymentA National Business Magazinefor Minority EntrepreneursYes. Send me a subscription Street to MEA __________________________________________________________MagazineCanadian o rd e s add r $16 US per issue for postage. 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All other fo eign r subscri tions p add $32 US per year for po s a t g e .MEA❒ 1 year (6 issues) $24.95❒ 2 years (12 issues) $49.90❒ 3 years (18 issues) $74.85Fax Subscription Form to: MEA (703) 768-7034Company__________________________________________________________Street______________________________________________________________AY/JUNE 2004 13Name __________________________________________________________Company _______________________________________________________City ___________________________________________________________❒ 1 year (6 issues) $24.95 State ______________________ Zip ____________ Country _____________❒ 2 years (12 issues) $49.90E-mail address ___________________________________________________❒ 3 years (18 issues) $74.85Credit Card ❒ MasterCard ❒ Visa ❒ American ExpressA National Number ________________________________________________________Business Magazine for Minority EntrepreneursExpiration Date __________________________________________________MEAFax Subscription Form to: MEA (703) 768-7034Small Business and the Government Bailout:What is Needed?January/February 2009MEA USA $3.95 CAN $5.25Minority Enterprise AdvocateStill Moving Mountainsand Re-routing Rivers- Jay Challa, President, ACE Info SolutionsCity_______________________________________________________________State_______________Zip__________________Country___________________E-mail address_______________________________________________________Credit Card o MasterCard o Visa o Discover o American ExpressCard Number_ ______________________________________________________Expiration Date______________________________________________________The U.S. Department of CommerceMinority Business DevelopmentAgency gave the firm its NationalDirector’s Award for Excellencein Innovation and EntrepreneurialLeadership. Further, 3 staff membersreceived outstanding performanceawards and the department gave specialrecognition for providing IT-securityrelated services. The U.S. Departmentof Agriculture named AceInfo asits Small Disadvantaged BusinessContractor of the Year and also namedthe Challa’s Project Manager for specialrecognition for excellent customerrelationships. The U.S. Departmentof Interior recognized Challa’s staff forcontributions that increased web siteusage by over 50%.The Minority Business and ProfessionalsNetwork recognized Challa on its list ofFifty Influential Minorities in Business.DiversityBusiness.com named AceInfoas both one of the top 8(a) companiesin the country, and one of the top 100small businesses and one of the top100 diversity businesses in Virginia.Challa’s commitment to his countrydoesn’t stop at the local level. He hasmade his company active regionallyand nationally in both public serviceand technical forums. He participatesactively in such industry organizationsas the Industry Advisory Council,the Armed Forces Communications-Electronics Association, and theGovernment Information TechnologyExecutive Council (GITEC). Ofparticular note; last year he combinedhis commitment to community and hislove of sport by sponsoring part of theGEITEC Golf Tournament in Orlando.Jay Challa started out moving mountainsand changing the course of rivers. He’sstill doing it, but today he uses bettertechnology!Canadian orders add $16 US per issue for postage. All other foreign subscriptions add$32 US per year for postage. Please all 4-6 weeks for delivery of your first issue.MEAMinority Enterprise AdvocateA publication of the Minority Enterprise Executive Council.Fax Subscription Form to MEA (703) 730-4092MEA Magazine, P.O. Box 5199, Woodbridge, VA 22194
Government NewsThe Federal Government’sSmall Business ProgramBy Fernando GalavizFernando V. Galaviz, member of the U.S. Hispanic Chamberof Commerce, is specifically preparing this document forthe Obama/Biden Transition Team. It provides a solutionto the three-decade failure of the Federal government’ssubcontracting requirements for small businesses and smalldisadvantaged firms. This document provides a solution thathas been developed through community focus groups over aperiod of the last four years. We present in this document abrief snapshot of the documentation available to the Federalgovernment regarding the failure of the subcontractingprograms as well as an executive summary of the practicalsolution that is considered by the community focus groups tobe a “win-win” solution for all stakeholders.The need for the Obama/Biden administration to prioritizeattention to the restructuring of the Federal subcontractingrequirements is that as part of the Obama economic recoverypackage, a significant effort is necessary to meet both the spiritand letter of Public Law 95-507. Currently, Public Law 95-507requires that contracts over $.5 million (and over $1 million forconstruction) that are won by large businesses, it is mandatorythat the large businesses provide a subcontracting plan for smallbusinesses and small disadvantaged firms.Public Law 95-507 must be modified so that there is a truebusiness, contractual relationship between small businesses,small disadvantaged businesses and large, prime contractorsin their subcontracting agreements. This would create a moreeffective program and would enhance opportunities for thesmall businesses and small disadvantaged businesses tocreate greater competition, which in turn would result in lowercosts to the Federal government and taxpayers. It would alsolower the costs to the Federal government subcontractingprogram which would be a great example of the Obama/Bidenadministration’s commitment to bring practical and effectivechange where all stakeholders will benefit.The subcontracting opportunities on Federal governmentcontracts are of vital importance to small businesses, smalldisadvantaged businesses, and minority and Hispanic firms.The Federal subcontracting program is particularly andcritically important to start up and developing firms as thesesubcontracts provide the initial base in which a developingcompany depends to establish their credentials.Major corporations will benefit by having clarity and consistencyin their responsibilities in fulfilling with integrity the spirit andthe letter of the Federal government subcontracting programs.Further, they will also benefit that this proposed solution providesthe elimination for them to incur added costs in developingsubcontracting plans. It also calls for major corporations toeliminate the development and provide ongoing performancereports and the costs associated in preparing for Federal audits.This proposed solution will simply create an effective businessarrangement between small businesses, small disadvantagedbusinesses and major corporations.It is clear by all elements of the Federal marketplace that previousdemocratic and republican administrations, major corporations,Congress and most importantly, the small business and smalldisadvantaged business communities collectively agree thatthe current small business program is not effective at all and inmany cases, there is a significant lack of integrity.It is quite clear that the restructuring of the subcontractingprogram will momentously improve the business practices inthe industry and will provide an indicative example to the nationof the Obama/Biden administration’s ability to take a practical,business-like approach to fix a broken program in a manner thatwill provide the most benefit to all stakeholders. In particular,the taxpayer will benefit by removing the burdens of costlyreporting and auditing requirements that have continuouslyprovided very little benefit and which have showed no purposedue to the failure of the program as a whole.Subcontracting Solution to Benefit All StakeholdersThe proposed solution is focused on the concept thatsubcontracting plans would be replaced by subcontractingagreements. The subcontracting agreements, which arenormal practice in the marketplace, will provide the formalunderstanding of all the business aspects (scope of work,dollar awards per organization, etc.) between the smallbusinesses and the small disabled businesses and themajor, prime corporations.The major, prime organizations are protected by thesubcontracting agreements in that they only become valid ifthe organization is awarded the Federal contract.The Federal government will benefit because the proposedsolution will require that all subcontractors for the life cycleof the proposed contract will be selected through thecompetitive process that is currently in place and that theparties agree to the subcontracting agreement as to all thespecific, business details for the life cycle of the contract.Minority En t e r p r i s e Adv o c at e • January / February 200917
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