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Page AI5 September 23. 2009 SBA Shows How to Win Federal Contracts Launches online training course The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched a new online training course to help strengthen access to contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women, mi norities, disadvantaged indi viduals and veterans. The training course, “Re covery Act O pportunities: How to Win Federal C on tracts,” is part of a federal government-wide initiative an n o u n c e d by P re sid e n t Obama and being led by SB A and the Department of Com merce. “G overnm ent contracts can play a key role in helping small businesses turn the cor ner in terms of expansion and job creation,” SB A Adminis trator Karen G M ills said. “But make no mistake, the benefits the government re ceives are equally as impres sive - working with small businesses allows the federal governm ent to w ork with some of the most innovative companies in America, often with direct con Administration's ta c t w ith the commitment to C E O .” providing “our “T he SB A N ation’s small o n lin e train in g businesses with course can help maximum prac b u s in e s s e s a c ticable opportu cess the federal nity to partici purchasing sys pate in federal g o v ern m e n t tem and position th e m s e lv e s to Karen G. Mills contracting." compete for the commercial As part of the initiative, opportunities offered by gov federal agency procurement ernment contracting,” Mills officers are participating in more than 200 events to help continued. In announcing the govern connect small businesses with ment-wide initiative, Presi contracting opportunities. dent O bam a reiterated his Additionally, SB A and Com merce are expanding their outreach to contracting offi cials across the federal gov ernment to ensure they have the tools to meet their annual co n tractin g goals and in crease opportunities to small businesses, including those owned by veterans, women and m inorities, as well as th o se in d e sig n a te d HUBZones. As part of the outreach to small businesses, the com prehensive online course uses both audio and script to pro vide information about the federal marketplace, contract rules and, most importantly, how to sell to the government and where to find contract and Recovery Act opportu nities. The new training por tal is a free online training course designed to assist en trepreneurs during this period of economic recovery. This self-paced, instructional guide provides an overview o f the federal procurement process. T he R ecovery A ct O p portunities course is avail able on SBA’s Web site at w w w .sba.gov or is found s b a .g o v / d ire c tly at fedcontractingtraining. Child Care Business also a Ministry continued ^ ^ fr o m A13 re c to r o f a c e rtifie d child care center; she is a Childcarê Network C oordi nator; and regularly contin ues her education to meet and e x c e e d th e S ta te o f O r e g o n ’s C h ild C are D ivision’s requirements. C urrently, Torrence can only house 12 kids, but hopes to one day have a larger op e ra tio n in a c o m m ercial building with qualified teach ers and m ore students. She currently has openings for enrollment. Torrence believes early childhood education is the foundation, and provided they are im m ersed in the photo by A manda G rear /T iie P ortland O bserver A toddler and preschool classroom area at King’s Kids Child Care Ministry gives kids a safe learn ing environment. -Mohandas Gandhi f--------------------- Neil Kelly Since 1947 X continued ^ ^ fr o m A9 1 tion or for em ploym ent op p o rtu n itie s , c o n ta c t Sherrena Torrence at 503- 2 8 4 -9 0 6 4 or em ail sytroyalty@ yahoo.com . "Be the change that you want to see in the world.” Minority Contracts Grade, take off after doing crative contracts. T he D B E program also work for TriMet through their been instrumental in helping provides technical support to DBE program. H er b u s in e s s w as v ery his trucking business grow. firms with m arketing, m an small, but has grown rapidly agement, safety training and T riM et C om m unications D irector M ary Fetsch said other aspects o f doing busi and helped her get work else w here. She also attributes th a t th e D B E p ro g ra m ness. “W e’re arm and arm the TriM et’s technical assistance em erged from concerns in to her success. the com m unity that smaller entire tim e,” said Fetsch. "One phone call changed T rina H art has seen her and m inority-ow ned firm s were being locked out o f lu conveyor truck company, EZ my entire business," she said. proper environment, all chil dren can thrive and succeed. “I enjoy what I do,” she said. For enrollm ent inform a DESIGN / BUILD REMODELING CUSTOM HOMES HOME PERFORMANCE HANDYMAN HOME REPAIRTEAM 503.288.7461 www.neilkelly.com OR CCB#I663:WA Regff¡8702 I I