Air Force small business program tops 1995 goal.achieved unprecedented levels of success in its small business program in fiscal year 1995, said Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Sheila E. Widnall. In fiscal 1995, more than $5.3 billion was awarded to small business contractors including more than $1.75 billion to 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. businesses and almost $500 million to businesses owned by women. "In fiscal year 1995, the Air Force significantly exceeded previous dollar obligation amounts. We achieved, as a percentage of obligations, 17.6 percent to small businesses, 5.8 percent to small disadvantaged businesses, 1.6 percent to women-owned businesses and 12.9 percent to historically Black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities. and minority insitutions," Widnall said. "These results reflect our strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , a strong customer orientation Customer orientation (CO) is the set of beliefs in sales that says that customer needs and satisfaction are the priority of an organization. It focuses on dynamic interactions between the organization and customers as well as competitors in the market and its internal stakeholders. , and our focus on process improvement," she said. "As we strive to build upon our successes, especially in light of the recent suspension of small disadvantaged business set-asides, we'll have to do a much better job in planning our outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. efforts and developing new tools and approaches," said Tony DeLuca, director of the Small Business Office. "To this end, our office has taken another step toward reinvention through our development of the Air Force Marketing Information Package. Electronically or in print, it now provides the Air Force Long Range Acquisition Estimate for fiscal 1996 and beyond, practical guidance on selling to the Air Force and other materials," DeLuca said. The electronic AFMIP is available for downloading from the Internet World Wide Web at: http://www.dtic.mil/envirodod/elraes.html. Also, a copy is available on computer disk by calling the Air Force Small Business Office at 703/697-1950. CONTACT: United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. 703/695-0640 |
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