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        <Address>Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230</Address>
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          <Footer>[For the Minority Business Development Agency statement of organization, see the Federal Register of Mar. 17, 1972, 37 FR 5650, as amended]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>Alejandrea Castillo</NameColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>The Minority Business Development Agency was established by Executive order in 1969. The Agency develops and coordinates a national program for minority business enterprise.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Agency was created to assist minority businesses in achieving effective and equitable participation in the American free enterprise system and in overcoming social and economic disadvantages that have limited their participation in the past. The Agency provides national policies and leadership in forming and strengthening a partnership of business, industry, and government with the Nation's minority businesses.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>Business development services are provided to the minority business community through three vehicles: the minority business opportunity committees, which disseminate information on business opportunities; the minority business development centers, which provide management and technical assistance and other business development services; and electronic commerce, which includes a Web site that shows how to start a business and use the service to find contract opportunities.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Agency promotes and coordinates the efforts of other Federal agencies in assisting or providing market opportunities for minority business. It coordinates opportunities for minority firms in the private sector. Through such public and private cooperative activities, the Agency promotes the participation of Federal, State, and local governments, and business and industry in directing resources for the development of strong minority businesses.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Electronic Access</Header>
        <Paragraph>Comprehensive information about programs, policy, centers, and access to the job matching database is available through the Internet at www.mbda.gov.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Publications</Header>
        <Paragraph>Copies of Minority Business Today and the BDC Directory may be obtained by contacting the Office of Business Development. Phone, 202-482-6022.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of the National Director, Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202-482-5061.</Footer>
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