and doesn't do enough to help the real engine ofmerica's economy... small businesses... "the missed opporutniies.. lies with small business... not recognizing.. that opporutnity they have.. their service gov't needs.. and making sure they get in process... fairly complicated " business owners say the process of getting a federal contract can be overwhelming it's a bit daunting.. if i was doing it on my own.. thrown up my hands. .and given up at this point there's a lot of paperwork.. red tape sortinghrough that is overwhelming it's one of those things if you take it little at a time.. recent data shows the government has been improving in its efforts to award business to smaller companies.. in the fiscal year of 2008, 93 billion dollars in federal contracts went to small businesses.. that's up by 10 billion from 2007. but, it's still under the mandate requiring 23% of federal contracts go to smaller companies. "because some agencies had to buy large ticke titems.. from large manfuacturers.. there are no small companies that make jet aircraft.. that will skew the numbers.

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a child under is robbing us of the best ofmerica's imagination and ingenuity of a sustainable economicrecovery depends on freeing cldren of the burden of hunter nger and malnutrition and supporting their optimal growth and development. the impact of child hunger is more far reaching than one might anticipate. child food insecurity creates billions of dollars in costs to our slip society. tell -- child hunger affec health, education, and job readiness. our best universities are getting more and more students from other countries and fewer from the u.s. because we are failing to prepare children to learn and develop their best skills and creativity, and ability. with 12.4 million children at risk for hunger in the united states we have a big job ahead of us. the reason i said this is a golden opportunity for us is that during the presidential campaigning than candidate obama commited to end childhood hunger by 2015. since then secretary bill sack and many other senior officials in the administration have reiterated that commitment. that is a very, very bold commitment when you remember w