Small biz assist.For years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time state has had an informal goal of directing one-fourth of the thousands of contracts it issues each year to small businesses, or those with 100 or fewer employees and with less than $10 million in revenues. But like most guidelines, this goal slipped repeatedly. Even when it was codified cod·i·fy tr.v. cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies 1. To reduce to a code: codify laws. 2. To arrange or systematize. into law in 2001, it was still met half the time as some agencies were more compliant than others. So late last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] issued an executive order requiring agencies to comply with the 25 percent target. Agencies that don't must submit a corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or plan to the Department of General Services. The state's Small Business Advocate office also will conduct outreach seminars with small businesses. Staff reporter Howard Fine can be reached by phone at (323) 549-5225, ext. 227, or by e-mail at hfine@labusinessjournal.com. |
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