FY 1982 MINORITY BUSINESS PROCUREMENT GOALS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: MEMO

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DRAFT
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: FY 1982 Minority Business Procurement Goals
Part of this Administration's commitment to the development of
self-sustaining minority businesses is to ensure that the Federal
government sets and attains goals for the utilization of these
businesses through its own procurement programs. Public Law
95-507 requires the head of each Federal agency to establish such
goals jointly with the Small Business Administration for the
participation of minority businesses.
Federal procurement has been successful in accelerating the
growth and development of many firms owned by black, Hispanic and
other minority Americans. In addition to providing a broader
source base for Federal procurement, this program should also
challenge private corporations to likewise diversify their
procurement activities to include minority firms. This latter
effect is key because the private sector must remain the primary
source of long-term economic growth and development.
In reviewing goals currently set by the agencies for doing
business with minority firms for FY 1982, however, I see that we
are not making the improvements in this program I consider
appropriate, given the: overall increase in Federal procurement we
expect this year. I must, therefore, reaffirm this
Administration's commitment to the development and encouragement
of minority business.
In this regard, I have directed the Administrator of the SBA,
Mr. Sanders, to contact all agency heads whose FY 1982 goals are
not higher than those actual levels achieved in FY 1981. The
goals for those agencies should be negotiated to a higher, more
appropriate level.
In addition, I have asked the Secretary of Commerce to
coordinate, through the Interagency Council on Minority Business
Enterprise, future goal-setting with the Small Business
Administration to ensure that such goals reflect the desired
growth in minority business participation in Federal procurement
activities.