A piece of the federal pie.Despite recent antigay political moves in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C., the federal government is reaching out to gay-owned businesses with a new partnership designed to help them land lucrative federal contracts. Bob Faithful, director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Business Utilization at the Department of the Interior, joined with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce on June 8 to sign a historic "memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. " that will help lesbian-, gay-, bisexual-, and transgender-owned businesses get a piece of the more than $4 billion in contracts the Interior Department awards every year. "LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender businesses are also our neighbors; they are taxpayers and contributors to the economy as well as our customers," Faithful said. |
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