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The federal government aims to award 23 percent of its contracts to small businesses. Before you try to land a government contract, you should think about which federal departments or agencies would be a good fit for your business. Also note that roughly two-thirds of all federal spending flows through the Pentagon.

Department of Defense -- www.defense.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency.  -- www.va.gov

Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Health and Human Services, HHS
 -- www.hhs.gov

Department of Justice -- www.usdoj.com

Detailed information on federal procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases.  is available from the Federal Procurement Data System The Federal Data Procurement System (FPDS) is a single source for US government-wide procurement data. External Links
[https://www.fpds.gov Federal Data Procurement System]
 -- www.fpdc.gov/fpdc/fpdc_home.htm
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Title Annotation:Economic Development
Publication:Detroiter
Date:Mar 1, 2004
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