[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1243-1244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Vendor Outreach Workshop for Small Businesses in the Southeast 
Region of the United States

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of 
the Department of the Interior is hosting a Vendor Outreach Workshop 
for small businesses in the southeast region of the United States that 
are interested in doing business with the Department. The National Park 
Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey are 
partnering in this exciting event that will promote small business. 
This outreach workshop will review market contracting opportunities for 
the attendees. Business owners will be able to share their individual 
perspectives with Contracting Officers, Program Managers and Small 
Business Specialists from the Department. Following the workshop, 
businesses will also participate in a match-making event that will 
allow business representatives to talk one-on-one with the Department's 
officials.

DATES: The workshop will be held on February 11, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Georgia International 
Convention Center; 2000 Convention Center Concourse (Salons 1 & 2); 
College Park, GA 30337. Register online at: http://www.doi.gov/osdbu.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Oliver, Director, Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 2252 
MIB, Washington, DC 20240, telephone 877-375-9927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Small Business Act, 
as amended by Public Law 95-507, the Department has the responsibility 
to promote the use of small and small disadvantaged business for its 
acquisition of goods and services. The Department is proud of its 
accomplishments in meeting its business goals for small, small 
disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled 
veteran-owned businesses. In Fiscal Year 2008, the Department awarded 
55 per cent of its $2.6 billion in contracts to small businesses.
    This fiscal year, the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization is reaching out to our internal stakeholders and the 
Department's small business community by conducting several vendor 
outreach workshops. The vendor outreach session for the southeast 
region will be held in the

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Atlanta, Georgia, on February 11, 2009, at the Georgia International 
Convention Center. The Department's presenters will focus on 
contracting and subcontracting opportunities and how small businesses 
can better market services and products. Over 3,000 small businesses 
have been targeted for this event. If you are a small business 
interested in working with the Department, we urge you to register 
online at: http://www.doi.gov/osdbu and attend the workshop.
    These outreach events are a new and exciting opportunity for the 
Department's bureaus and offices to improve their support for small 
business. Additional outreach events will be held in Alaska, Colorado, 
Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon and the District of Columbia. Dates 
and locations will be announced at a later date for the additional 
sessions.

Mark Oliver,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
[FR Doc. E9-267 Filed 1-9-09; 8:45 am]
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