WBE and the government: perfect together.On, September 11, 2000 the White House Office for Women's Initiative and Outreach, along with the Interagency in·ter·a·gen·cy adj. Involving or representing two or more agencies, especially government agencies. Committee for Women's Business Enterprise and the National Women's Business Council (NWBC NWBC National Women's Business Council NWBC National Women's Business Center )launched www.womenbiz.gov, the official G2B G2B Government to Business G2B Got to Bounce (government to business) Website for women-owned businesses selling to the government. Currently, there are thousands of procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and acquisition sites hosted by Federal agencies, most of which are hot linked. To make this information more easily accessible, womenbiz.gov was created to serve as the flagship of all government women-owned business outreach efforts. It brings together in one site volumes of government information on Federal acquisitions and gives women-owned businesses direct access to the tools and government networks that will enable them to tap into the $190 billion Federal procurement market. An exclusive feature of the site is a subcontracting opportunities page that maintains directories of prime contracting opportunities for some of the largest procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
By streamlining access to the Federal contracting marketplace, womenbiz.gov is just one of the many initiatives that will help achieve the goal of providing equal access to the Federal procurement market. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion