Assignment 3: Encouragement of Small Business Diana ALTOFT Professor Whitney Davis LEG440 11/13/2012 Government contracting can be a very lucrative endeavor for the small business owner‚ especially if you fall in one of the minority groups supported by the government’s socioeconomic programs. The encouragement of small business is an important goal of the government that is addressed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. As stated in Feldman (2012)‚ although the government’s primary
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The Houston Disabled American Veterans service organization is a dedicated force in conjunction with other service organizations‚ Department of Veterans Affairs‚ Department of Housing and Urban Development‚ and City of Houston‚ to eliminate homelessness among military veterans that have served this country. The plight of the homeless veteran has continued to increase in the Houston/Harris County to a staggering 2‚800 veterans walking the streets with no way to find the compassionate caring help necessary
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assignment for the presentation on (small) family owned businesses was to research and share an organized piece on the international studies of the subject. After several days of searching the internet for appropriate studies‚ I had gathered enough data to put together a three part report. The three parts consisted first off of an intro‚ which I believed was enough to be considered its own part‚ just because of the extremely interesting point that family owned businesses are such a widespread commonality
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Arguably‚ military veterans are among the strongest and most brave people in society. They selflessly put their lives on the line so that others may be free. For many veterans‚ the military is simply their way of life‚ it’s the only life they really know and they can’t imagine not being able to live it. When a veteran is forced to leave the military due to injury sustained while performing their duties‚ it can be devastating. Not only are they dealing with a potentially debilitating injury‚ but
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women have volunteered to serve in our Nation’s military since the American Revolutionary War and in each American war thereafter‚ female Veterans have consistently dealt with the minimization of their service and status when compared to men (Disabled American Veterans [DAV]‚ 2014). Unfortunately‚ some of those same barriers still exist today‚ as female Veterans are frequently under-recognized for their roles and participation in combat‚ even by females themselves. Females serve in the military in
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what I am today. Deciding to work with disable veterans was one of the best experiences I have ever been a part of. Every Monday‚ from October 31st to November 28th at two o’clock‚ started the same for me. I would go outside to get my veteran off the bus. I would take my veteran into the back gym at the ARC. The gym was always playing music with some college students working out on top in the little area. Usually there was about five to seven veterans with one to two college students assisting them
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Wilson July 20‚ 2016 Research Essay Draft Post 9/11 Disabled Veterans and The Problems They Face The number of disabled veterans has increased greatly since September 11th 2001 due to the resulting military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are roughly 22 million veterans in the United States and about 3.5 million of them have service-connected disability. This is due in large part to the increase in medical technology‚ so the post 9/11 veterans are surviving injuries that would have been certain
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Veterans’ healthcare benefits date back to the year 1636 when pilgrims coming to the “new world” met Pequot Indians‚ prompting them to pass a law saying veterans would be supported by the colony. The first trace of healthcare benefits was when the Continental Congress of 1766 encouraged new recruits to enlist in the military by promising a pension and free healthcare to retired and disabled veterans (VA History). Today‚ the idea is still there‚ but there is a fair amount of bureaucratic red tape
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benefits and services offered to those that chose to serve our country. Some may say that what is offered is not enough for the sacrifice that these men and woman make. Most service members are humble and appreciate anything that is offered to them. The Veterans Administration is a great source of information on some of the benefits that they are entitled to. Some of benefits are home loans‚ education benefits‚ and compensation for disabilities. One of the biggest benefits to service members is
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Entering and contracting Entering and contracting are the initial steps taken in the OD process‚ and is considered by many as one the most important steps of the process. The entering and contracting step will be utilized to set the pace and lay the foundation for the practitioner client relationship. They involve a preliminary evaluation of the organization’s opportunities for development‚ while establishing a collaborative relationship between the OD practitioner and the members of the client
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