Source: The Dutch Harbor Fisherman
As a teen-ager in high school at McGrath, Trudy Sobocienski listened attentively to leaders of the Tanana Chiefs Conference and Doyon Limited speaking about what they were doing and what it would mean to her.
Now as chief executive officer for Deloycheet Inc., the Alaska Native village corporation for Holy Cross, Sobocienski [...]
Source: Watertown Daily Times
Times Washington Correspondent Marc Heller inaccurately portrayed the way in which Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) receive federal contracts in a recent story on government contracting (”Defense Contractor Measure Defeated,” May 26).
For the record, ANC contracts are not won or awarded as a result of any “loophole.” ANC [...]
Source: The Arctic Sounder
Statement from Sen. Mark Begich:
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today released the following statement after an amendment by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) hurting the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program was defeated during a business meeting of the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, of which Begich is a member:
“This amendment [...]
By Tim Bradner
Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce
If challenges could also be seen as opportunities, as the old saying goes, Chugach Alaska Corp. would have had difficulties seeing anything rosy about its future amid the problems it confronted after Congress approved the Alaska Native claims settlement in 1971.
More about those problems later.
The important thing now is [...]
Source: JuneauEmpire.com
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday she does not believe there is enough support in Congress to pass legislation that seeks to strip Alaska Native corporations of the advantage they enjoy in obtaining federal contracts worth billions of dollars.
The Alaska Republican told The Associated Press that new, tighter oversight rules governing a [...]
Dear shareholders and descendants: Recently there have been Outside groups making verbal attacks on Alaska Native corporations’ 8(a) business contracts. These groups request a great deal of detailed information from ANCs, which is often provided. Calista Corp. has done the same. These Outside groups then ignore the factual information they were provided, and have often [...]
Source: The Arctic Sounder
At the request of U.S. Sens. Mark Begich and Dan Inouye (D-Hawaii), the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a hearing tomorrow on Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), Native Hawaiian Organizations, and Indian tribal entity participation in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program, a press release from Begich’s office [...]
Source: Omaha.com
Nebraska and the United States would lose jobs and tax revenue if Congress tinkers too much with a government contract program critical to American Indian tribes.
That’s the message Lance Morgan of South Sioux City, Neb., plans to deliver to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington on Thursday. Morgan is chief executive [...]
Source: PRNewswire
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Representatives of some of the nation’s leading Native organizations will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today on the critical importance of continued Native Enterprise participation in the Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program.
“The United States has assumed a trust relationship with the [...]
(Anchorage, AK) Calling it misguided and wrong, Native American leaders criticized
legislation introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) that would effectively dismantle
Alaska Native Corporations’ (ANCs) access to federal contracting through the Small
Business Administration’s Native 8(a) program.
“It is clear Sen. McCaskill has turned a blind eye to the progressive policies of her
predecessors allowing Native people a chance [...]
