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February 10, 2012

Report: oversight of Alaskan tribal contracts lacking

  • The GAO report says agencies need to do a better job monitoring the Small Business Administration 8(a) program.
    • By RACHEL D'ORO
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Supporters of a federal program that gives Alaska Native corporations a special edge worth billions of dollars in federal contracts said Wednesday that a U.S. government report found what they have long been in favor of: improved oversight of the program.

    “It is disappointing that critics are using this innocuous report to attack a program that creates economic opportunity for Native people across the country,” said Will Anderson, president of Koniak Inc., a regional Native corporation and member of a coalition representing Native corporations.


     
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