Meeting: Native 8(a) Contracting: Emerging Issues

Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations (Committee on Small Business)

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 (10:00 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
Recognizing the positive impact that the SBA’s 8(a) program could have on tribal communities living in devastating poverty with little to no economic opportunity, Congress created the exceptions in the law for enterprises owned communally by tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Native Hawaiian Organizations – community-based organizations required to provide social, economic and cultural benefits to their Native owners in perpetuity. The hearing will assess the past, present, and future issues surrounding the program in order to ensure it is operating in accordance with Congressional intent.

Witnesses

Panel one

Mr. Seto Bagdoyan
Director, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, United States Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Panel two

Mr. Joe Valandra
Executive Director, Native American Contractors Association, Washington, DC

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Ms. Annette Hamilton
Chief Operating Officer, Ho-Chunk Inc., Winnebago, NE

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Mr. Edwin A. (Skip) Vincent
Chairman and Founder, The Hawaii Pacific Foundation, Honolulu, HI, on behalf of *Testifying in his role as board member of the Native Hawaiian Organization Association (NHOA)

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Ms. Jana Turvey
President & CEO, Leisnoi, Anchorage, AK, on behalf of the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association

Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Ms. Christine V. Williams
Managing Partner, Outlook Law LLC, Anchorage, AK

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/23/2019 at 10:05 AM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing: Witness List [PDF]

First Published: October 15, 2019 at 05:26 PM
Last Updated: October 23, 2019 at 10:05 AM


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