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Leadership and Activities:
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Invited by President George W. Bush to Department of
Commerce Washington D.
C., 9 January 2004,
addressing women business owners
for a
“Conversation on the Economy with Women Small Business
Owners and President Bush”
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Invited by White House (December
15-16 2004)
to participate in, Securing
Our Economic Future:
The White House Conference
on the Economy, “State
of Our Economy Panel”
in
Washington D.C. with
Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Stephen Friedman,
Director of the National Economic Council ad Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, Martin Feldstein,
Professor, Harvard University, Brian Westbury, Chief
Economist, Griffin Kubik, Stephens & Thompson, Mary
Ferrell, Managing Director and Chief Investment
Strategist, UBS Wealth Management, Kevin B. Rollins,
President and CEO, DELL, Inc., Jack Stack, President and
CEO, SRC Holding Corp.
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Testified on behalf of Women Impacting Public Policy
(WIPP) before the
Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight
of the House Committee on Small Business “SPAM AND ITS
EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESS” (October 30,
2003),
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Member of WIPP Advocacy Team with
Office of
Management
and Budget (“OMB”) study for the report, “Contract
Bundling – A Strategy for Increasing Federal Contracting
Opportunities for Small Business” (“OMB Report”)
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General Services Administration (GSA) commenting on Size
for Purposes of Multiple Award Schedules and Other
Multiple Award Contracts; Small Business Size
Regulations 8(a) Business Development/Small
Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations
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The Small Business Advocate Show
Interview with a National syndicated radio talk-show
Host Jim Blasingame, Mrs. Giordano was guest 10 June
2003, Catherine joins Jim for her first visit to talk
about how her woman-owned business competes for
government contracts, and wins. She was recognized in
2003 as an outstanding woman business owner by
Office Depot.
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Office of the Advocacy of the U. S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) Procurement Roundtable, some of the
various issues of participation:
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Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
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Federal Acquisition Regulation; Central Contractor
Registration
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Contract Bundling Amendment
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DOD Reauthorization 2004-2005-2006
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SBA Reauthorization 2004-2005-2006
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SBA 7 (a) Loan Appropriation, $470 million in
lending authority, and a loan cap of $750,000 per
loan recipient
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