Hearing:
Oversight of the SBA’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract
Program
Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure (Committee on Small Business)
Thursday, May 16, 2019 (10:00 AM)
2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
The Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2015 (NDAA) brought significant changes to the Women-Owned Small Business Program
(WOSB Program). Specifically, it authorized the Small Business Administration (SBA) to
implement sole-source authority; eliminate the possibility of businesses to self-certify eligibility
to the WOSB Program and; allowed SBA to put in place a new certification process. In 2019, the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a study discussing the extent to which these
changes had been implemented and other oversight concerns that had been previously identified.
The hearing will focus on GAO’s findings and SBA’s actions to address them.
Witnesses
Mr. William B Shear
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U. S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
Added
06/05/2019 at 01:09 PM
- Witness Statement
[PDF]
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06/05/2019 at 01:09 PM
Mr. Robb N Wong
Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, DC
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06/05/2019 at 01:09 PM
- Witness Statement
[PDF]
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06/05/2019 at 01:09 PM
Hearing Record
- Hearing: Witness List
[PDF]
- Hearing Notice
[PDF]
First Published:
May 9, 2019 at 12:01 PM
Last Updated:
June 5, 2019 at 01:09 PM