[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 19105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9492]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Vendor Outreach Workshop for Small Businesses in the Northwest 
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 northwest region of the United States that 
are interested in doing business with the Department. The Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, 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 matchmaking event that will allow 
businesses to talk with Department representatives during roundtable 
discussions.

DATES: The workshop will be held on May 13, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Oregon Convention Center, 
777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97212. 
Register online at: 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 was held in the 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: 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. An additional outreach event will be held in the District of 
Columbia at a time and date to be determined.

Mark Oliver,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
[FR Doc. E9-9492 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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