8(a) and Government Contracting Update

October 18, 2012     9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

• The 8(a) Business Development Program is designed to assist businesses that are 51% owned and controlled by socially and economically
  disadvantaged individual(s) and have been in business for at least two years. The overall program goal is for graduating 8(a) firms to go on to thrive
  in a competitive business environment. What does 8(a) mean for your tribe? Hear from a regional Small Business Administration (SBA) District
  Director about the current state of the SBA’s 8(a) Program.

   

  Moderator:

  
  Judith Roussel
  District Director, Illinois Office
  SBA

  Panelist:

  
  Joseph DeLaGarza
  Senior Business Counselor
  Minority Business Development Agency Business Center – Chicago