Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110219:10:41:00
Program went into effect last week. and what this program does is levels the playing field. for a woman-owned small business to compete for a federal contract. this helps women to get access to over $500 billion that the federal government spends every year on goods and services. before a federal government contracting officers couldn't set aside contracts for women-owned small businesses. this will allow them to do that. >> what percentage do you know offhand of the small business contracts were given to women before now? >> in the past, there was a statutory goal that 5% of these contracts n...