The Commerce Department is analyzing contracting practices in 80 industries to determine discrepancies between "capacity" -- or the number and size of qualified minority-owned business -- and "utilization" -- or the dollar values of federal contracts that those businesses win, the Times reports.
The Department of Commerce is proposing to increase the number of small and medium AAPI businesses that exporting to a second or additional country by providing export-related training and business-to-business networking sessions to minority-owned companies.