3594643 Public Oversight Roundtable Notice on, "Review of District Agencies' Compliance on Expendable Budget Spending with Certified Small Business Enterprises and Certified Business Enterprises"

  • Council of the District of Columbia

    Committee on Small and Local Business Development

    Notice of Public Oversight Roundtable

    John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW    Washington, DC 20004                                          

     

    COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT B. ORANGE, SR.

                       ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE BY THE                  

    COMMITTEE ON SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

     

    Review of District Agencies’ Compliance on Expendable Budget Spending with Certified Small Business Enterprises and Certified Business Enterprises

     

    Thursday, December 6, 2012, 9:00 am

    John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

    1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

    Washington, D.C. 20004

     

    Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public oversight roundtable of the Committee on Small and Local Business Development to review District government agencies’ compliance on expendable budgeting spending with Certified Small Business Enterprises (CSBEs) and Certified Business Enterprises (CBEs).

     

    The public oversight roundtable is scheduled for Thursday, December 6, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.  The purpose of the public oversight roundtable to is to hear from the Department of Small and Local Business, the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, and appropriate District government agencies on compliance with small business enterprise utilization requirements.  Interested parties are also invited to testify.  This hearing is intended to build on the Committee’s work of last year’s public roundtable held on December 18, 2011.

     

    Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public oversight roundtable are asked to contact Mr. Stacey Lincoln of the Committee on Small and Local Business Development at (202) 727-6683 or by email at slincoln@dccouncil.us.  Witnesses will be asked to furnish their names, addresses, telephone number, email address, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business, Friday, November 30, 2012.  Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony.  Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard.  Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

     

    If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until the close of business of Thursday, December 20, 2012.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Small and Local Business Development, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119, of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.