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Federal Government Marketing Assistance for Small Businesses
Each Federal agency has a small business office that is the advocate for all small businesses selling to that Federal agency. The first point of contact for a small business selling to a Federal agency is the small business specialist. The headquarters small business offices are typically called the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization or the Office of Small Business Programs or something similar. The majority of field contracting activities have small business specialists to help small businesses selling to that contracting activity.
The Federal agency OSDBU directors have a Web site at www.osdbu.gov with more information.
Each year, Federal agencies join together at the National Veterans Small Business Conference. This conference offers training and networking opportunities to veterans at a reasonable cost.
Links to small business resources in the various Federal agencies are listed below by agency.
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
United States Congress
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Administration
Department of Transportation
Department of Treasury
United States Postal Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
United States Congress
Department of Defense
- DoD Office of Small Business Programs
- Defense Acquisition University
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( Small Business Support Center)
- Defense Technical Information Center Acquisition Information
- Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization National Capital Region
- Defense Acquisition Policy
- Air Force Small Business
- Air Force Acquisition
- U. S. Army Office of Small Business Programs
- Army Corps of Engineers OSBP
- Navy/Marine Corps OSBP
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration
- Office of Small Business Utilization
- Federal Acquisition Service (including schedules)
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Administration
Department of Transportation
Department of Treasury
United States Postal Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
The White House: Office of Management and Budget
Additional Information:
The Vendor Information Pages Database is the only Federally controlled database in which a legal verification process is used to determine service disabled or veteran status of a small business. All companies participating in the Veterans First program under PL 109-461 are required to submit evidence of ownership / control and veteran status before being awarded a VA contract under the set-aside authority.