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Article: Office of the Vice President -- Statement by the Vice President on Executive Order increasing the procurement opportunites for women owned businesses.
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- May 24, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 May 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Vice President -- Statement by the Vice President on Executive Order increasing the procurement opportunites for women owned businesses (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The President today signed an Executive Order reaffirming our Administration's commitment to meeting a five percent goal for Federal government procurement of goods and services from women-owned businesses.
Over the past three years the women's procurement goal has only increased by 1/10 of 1 percent and this year we project that number to increase only to 2.3 percent. The executive order signed today ...