central contractor registration

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – February 6, 2011) – Women-owned small businesses can begin taking steps to participate in a new federal contracting program, the U.S.

Small Business Administration announced. The new Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program will be fully implemented over the next several months, with the first contracts expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – October 24, 2009) – Since the launch last year of “Give Me 5: Education and Access for Women in Federal Contracts,” Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the nation’s largest bipartisan women’s business group, and American Express OPEN, the nation’s leading issuer of payment card products for small business owners, have helped more than 20,000 women business owners take the important first step in doing business with America’s biggest customer—the federal government—by registering their businesses on the Central Contractor Registration (CC

WASHINGTON (PRESS RELEASE - November 7, 2008) - Information about federal contacting opportunities for small businesses able to support post-disaster cleanup and rebuilding in areas devastated by recent storms and flooding is now accessible through the U.S.

Small Business Administration’s Disaster Contracting Assistance Center.

The DCAC provides a central point of reference for small businesses, particularly minority, women and veteran-owned businesses, to register for and learn about federal contracting opportunities.