Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses: Issues in the 112th Congress
One of 209 reports in the
series:
112th Congress available on this site.
Description
Congress has generally broad authority to impose requirements upon the federal procurement process, or the process whereby agencies obtain goods and services from the private sector. One of the many ways in which Congress has exercised this authority is by enacting measures intended to promote contracting and subcontracting with "small businesses" by federal agencies. This report describes and analyzes measures that Members of the 112th Congress have enacted or proposed in response to particular issues pertaining to small business contracting and subcontracting.
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Congress has generally broad authority to impose requirements upon the federal procurement process, or the process whereby agencies obtain goods and services from the private sector. One of the many ways in which Congress has exercised this authority is by enacting measures intended to promote contracting and subcontracting with "small businesses" by federal agencies. This report describes and analyzes measures that Members of the 112th Congress have enacted or proposed in response to particular issues pertaining to small business contracting and subcontracting.
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Congressional Research Service Reports
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Manuel, Kate M. & Lunder, Erika K.Federal Contracting and Subcontracting with Small Businesses: Issues in the 112th Congress,
report,
March 7, 2012;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86599/:
accessed April 24, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.