On Thursday, September 15th at 10:00 am, the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce held a hearing entitled Helping Small Businesses Compete: Challenges Within Programs Designed to Assist Small Contractors. The hearing took place in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

This hearingl reviewed three recent reports by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). These reports were (1) GAO-11-548R, Mentor-Protégé Programs Have Policies That Aim to Benefit Participants but Do Not Require Postagreement Tracking; (2) GAO-11-549R, Improvements Needed to Help Ensure Reliability of SBA’s Performance Data on Procurement Center Representatives; and (3) GAO-11-418, Small Business Contracting: Action Needed by Those Agencies Whose Advocates Do Not Report to Agency Heads as Required.

Opening Statement:

Chairman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC)

Witnesses and Testimony:

Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator of Government Contracting and Business Development, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, DC

• Testimony 

Jiyoung Park, Associate Administrator, Office of Small Business Utilization, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC 

• Testimony 

William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC 

• Testimony 

Additional Items:

Official Hearing Notice 

Official Witness List 

Hearing Memo 

Press Release 

Hearing Video