Federal Advertising: Contracting with Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Those Owned by Minorities and Women Has Increased in Recent Years

Abstract

Federal advertising contract obligations to small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) and businesses of all sizes owned by minorities and women (specified businesses) generally increased from fiscal years 2013 through 2017, and constituted 13 percent of all advertising obligations over this period. This figure is consistent with the percentage of all federal contract obligations to these businesses over this period. Overall, advertising contract obligations to all three categories of businesses increased between fiscal years 2013 and 2017, as shown in the figure below. Within the minority-owned business category, which includes businesses owned by Asian-Pacific-, Subcontinent-Asian-, Black-, Hispanic-, and Native-Americans, over half of the obligations went to those owned by Hispanic-Americans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1151834

Entities

People

  • Ann M Cortez
  • Carol Henn
  • Erik Shive
  • Jenny Chanley
  • Julia Kennon
  • Kathleen Padulchick
  • Kristine Hassinger
  • T. Nguyen Tranchau

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • Native Americans
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration
  • Public Relations
  • Small Business
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.