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Analyzing Information on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting

Steering Committee for the Workshop on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting

Committee on National Statistics

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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This study was supported by Contract No. SBAHQ003C0008 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The work of the Committee on National Statistics is supported by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Number SES-0112521). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

ARLEEN LEIBOWITZ (Chair),

School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles

WILLIAM T. BIELBY,

Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

JONATHAN S. LEONARD,

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

PATRICIA A. ROOS,

Department of Sociology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

J.H. (RIP) VERKERKE,

School of Law, University of Virginia

JOHN E. ROLPH,

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (ex officio)

CONSTANCE F. CITRO, Study Director

ANDREW A. WHITE, Study Director (through May 2004)

MICHAEL SIRI, Senior Program Assistant

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COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS 2004-2005

WILLIAM EDDY (Chair),

Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

JOHN E. ROLPH (Chair, through June 2004),

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

KATHARINE ABRAHAM,

Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland

ROBERT BELL,

AT&T Research Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ

LAWRENCE D. BROWN,

Department of Statistics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

ROBERT M. GROVES,

Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, and Joint Program in Survey Methodology

JOHN HALTIWANGER,

Department of Economics, University of Maryland

PAUL HOLLAND,

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ

JOEL L. HOROWITZ,

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

DOUGLAS MASSEY,

Department of Sociology, Princeton University

VIJAYAN NAIR,

Department of Statistics and Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

DARYL PREGIBON,

Google Incorporated, New York, NY

KENNETH PREWITT,

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

LOUISE RYAN,

School of Public Health, Harvard University

NORA CATE SCHAEFFER,

Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison

CONSTANCE F. CITRO, Director

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Acknowledgments

On behalf of the Steering Committee for the Workshop on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting, I would like to thank all of the individuals involved in the workshop and the production of the committee’s report. I thank Eric Benderson, associate general counsel for litigation, at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), for his support and assistance to the committee at the workshop and throughout the project. I also thank John Klein, associate general counsel for procurement law at SBA, who enlightened us on small business contract law and practice; Sharon Drego, Peg Mehan, and Linda Oliver, who provided insights into the contracting process at the U.S. Department of Defense; R. Preston McAfee of the California Institute of Technology, who made an informative presentation on bid-credits as a mechanism for promoting small business work with the federal government; and Robert Goldstein of the UCLA Law School, who made an informative presentation on relevant case law.

I am grateful for the excellent work of the staff of the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) and the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) for developing and organizing the workshop and assisting in the preparation of the report. Andrew White, who served as study director for the project through May 2004, was chiefly responsible for organizing the workshop and for preparing the initial report draft. Constance Citro, CNSTAT director, ably shepherded the report through the final drafting and revision process. Michael Siri handled all administrative matters regarding the workshop, and Christine McShane of the DBASSE reports office edited the report.

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This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Richard Berk, Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles; Farrell Bloch, Economic Consultant, Washington, DC; Barbara D. Boyan, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University; Paula England, Department of Sociology, Stanford University; Joel Horowitz, Department of Economics, Northwestern University; and Barbara Valentino, President, Evolving Communications, Washington, DC.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the recommendations or conclusions nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Burt Barnow, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and Douglas Massey, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Appointed by the National Research Council, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

Arleen Leibowitz, Chair

Steering Committee for the Workshop on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting

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It has been clear for at least 50 years the disadvantages that small businesses face in competing for U.S. government contracts. The Small Business Act of 1953 created the Small Business Administration (SBA), an independent agency in the executive branch that counsels and assists specific types of small businesses including firms owned by minorities and other socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and firms owned by women. Women-owned small businesses, however, are underrepresented or substantially underrepresented in some industries.

In 2002, the SBA Office of Federal Contract Assistance for Women Business Owners (CAWBO) organized a draft study containing a preliminary set of approximations of the representation of women-owned small businesses in federal prime contracts over $25,000 by industry. Because of the past legal challenges to race- and gender-conscious contracting programs at the federal and local levels, the SBA asked the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies to conduct an independent review of relevant data and estimation methods prior to finalizing the CAWBO study.

The Steering Committee on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting was created and charged with holding a workshop to discuss topics including the accuracy of data and methods to estimate the use of women-owned small businesses in federal contracting and the definition of "underrepresentation" and "substantial underrepresentation" in designating industries for which preferential contracting programs might be warranted. Analyzing Information on Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting presents the committee's report as well as the recommendations that committees have made.

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