Pursuant to Section 4 of Executive Order 13157, entitled "Other Responsibilities of Federal Agencies, " each federal agency is required to designate a Senior Acquisition Official who will work with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to identify and promote contracting opportunities for women-owned small business (WOSB) firms.
Congressional Republicans are taking secretary-designate Alexis Herman to task for campaign-related work she performed for President Bill Clinton while serving as director of the White House public liaison office.
"We should be able to designate one or two centres to concentrate on this work and other centres can provide them with DNA so we can look at greater numbers of people, " Professor Adams told BBC News Online.