Federal Advertising: Established Programs Were Largely Used to Address Executive Order Directive to Ensure Small and Minority-Owned Business Participation

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Abstract:

In 2005, federal spending on advertising exceeded $1 billion. Five agenciesDOD, Treasury, HHS, Interior, and NASAtogether made up over 90 percent of this spending from 2001 to 2005.Executive Order 13170, signed in October 2000, directs agencies to take an aggressive role in ensuring substantial participation in federal advertising contracts by businesses in the Small Business Administrations (SBA) 8(a) and small disadvantaged business(SDB) programs and minority owned businesses. This report describes (1) strategies DOD, HHS, Treasury, Interior, and NASA used to address Executive Order 13170, and (2) the total obligations, number of contract actions, and percentage of total obligations represented by these actions that each agency awarded to 8(a)s, SDBs, and minority-owned businesses for advertising services.

Author(s):
Shear, William B
Author Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office
Funding Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office, Washington , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Congressional Report
Publication Date:
2007 Jul 01
Pagination:
35

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Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

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Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
united states government, business administration, commerce, department of defense, governments, national governments, small business, contracts, government procurement, trade associations, procurement, test and evaluation, united states, acquisition, corporations, public health, accountability
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Jun 02
Update Date:
2022 Jul 20