Rule Will Make It Harder for Women-Owned Businesses to Win Federal Contracts


	Rule Will Make It Harder for Women-Owned Businesses to Win Federal Contracts

BobbyDelray

8-23-2008 12:37 PM

313 views

2 Comments |

Add a Comment

8-23-2008 3:36 PM

debbyski

Suck it up boys; because really we can't make the world turn backwards and restore your exclusive privilege and power. You have to share a little of the pie now, and while some of these guys would like the womens to go back to the kitchen and the blacks to go back to the fields; it ain't gonna happen baby.

8-23-2008 10:15 PM

tanyamm

Right-on Deb!

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from August 23, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/afe92091-c833-4b15-b02a-dd325fee6483/53001B0B-6B84-450A-82E3-D62559FCC829/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/">A <A href="http://www.sba.gov">Small Business Administration</A> proposed rule, which was first <A href="http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=431228191581+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve">published in the Federal Register</A> last December, would limit the number of federal contracts set aside for women-owned businesses to four industries that are shown to be underrepresented by women. The four are: national security and international affairs; coating, engraving, heat treating and allied activities; household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing; and motor vehicle dealers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/">Federal agencies are supposed to give 5% of all federal contracts to women-owned businesses, but have not yet come close to meeting that goal, according to a news release from the <A href="http://www.nawbo.org">National Association of Women Business Owners</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/"><EM>Readers, do you think all women-owned businesses should be eligible for federal contract set-asides? Why or why not? </EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/08/22/rule-will-make-it-harder-for-women-owned-businesses-to-win-federal-contracts/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.wsj.com/img/9C5A072C-D049-432B-9CDC-05712D8DE210" alt="Women-Owned_Businesses" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53001B0B-6B84-450A-82E3-D62559FCC829/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips