SET-ASIDES AND PREFERENCE PROGRAMS
183 CHAPTER 11 SET-ASIDES AND PREFERENCE PROGRAMS Because small businesses are responsible for most of the job creation and techni-cal innovations in the United States, Congress and the president have shown great in-terest in encouraging the growth and health of small businesses throughout the American economy. One of the most direct ways the government can encourage and nurture small businesses is through federal contracts. THE small BUSINESS ACT The small Business Act of 1953 states that small businesses should receive a Afair proportion@ of federal contracts and that small businesses should have the Amaximum practical opportunity@ to participate in federal contracting. The small Business Act established the small Business Administration (SBA) to aid small businesses and to insure they receive a Afair proportion@ of federal contracts. Congress has established a 23% governmentwide goal for awards of contracts to small businesses . Subsets of the small business goal are a 5% governmentwide goal for awards to small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs), a 5% governmentwide goal for awards to women-owned small businesses (WOSB), a 3% governmentwide goal for awards to Ahistorically underutilized business zone@ (HUBZone) small businesses , and a 3% governmentwide goal for awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small busi-nesses (SDVOSB).
183 CHAPTER 11 SET-ASIDES AND PREFERENCE PROGRAMS Because small businesses are responsible for most of the job creation and techni-cal innovations in the United States, Congress and the president have shown great in-
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