Before we eliminate supplier diversity goals, let’s meet them
Fast Company Executive Board, By Rochelle Ratkaj Moser
I recently sat down with my local NBC affiliate for a conversation around proposed federal legislation in the House and Senate. As a woman who owns a visual design agency in the Midwest, talking about pending legislation and politics isn’t one of my usual talking points. But this was my opportunity to serve as the voice of so many others—16 million to be more exact.
Pending Republican Bills Could Exclude Women and Minorities From Federal Contracts; Don’t Cheat Women Project Launches to Oppose
Business Wire
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., introduced S. 4390 and H.R. 8511, and if passed, the bills would cut off major paths that offer women-owned and minority-owned small businesses access to federal contracting opportunities. The bills would end the 5% federal contracting goal for women-owned small businesses and bar agencies from tracking who receives contracts by gender or minority status.