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ED's WORD UPDATE: JANUARY 2012
FYI UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2012
"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future;
it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight
Henry R. Luce
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Conference Summary
Our May 29, 2009 conference held in Grand Rapids was a tremendous success. We would like to thank everyone who attended, from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Chicago, IL. It also would not have been posible without our co-presentors; Seidman College, PTAC, Grand Valley State University, SBA and MI-SBTDC, who's asistance and resources were appreciated.
Links below include 4 pages
of photos from the event, Nancy
Langs' presentation in PDF
format and also a copy of the
brochure, also in PDF. Once
again, thanks for attending
and serving our country.
West-Michigan Conference Photos
Nancy Langs'
(3MB)
Civilian US Army Material Command
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Mr. Charles Southern
Presentation in PPT
(1.1MB)
Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)
ARTICLES & UPDATES
GAO Ruling Involving Michigan Firm and VA
Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Programs
11 OCT 2011
DOWNLOAD PDF
Video of Congressional Hearing HERE
AUDIT
Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Programs
July 25, 2011
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Explaining DVOB verification
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Executive Orders
26 April 2010
Task Force 1 (PDF)
Task Force 2 (PDF)
