@inbook{10.7249/j.ctt5vjxc5.8, ISBN = {9780833080974}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt5vjxc5.8}, abstract = {The federal government has a goal of awarding 3 percent of all prime-contract dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), and federal agencies have an additional goal that 3 percent of its subcontracting dollars go to SDVOSBs as well (Bush, 2004; U.S. Congress, 2003, 1999; Department of Defense [DoD], 2007). Neither the federal government nor DoD has met its goal. The government’s percentage did increase from 1.39 percent to 2.65 percent between fiscal year (FY) 2008 and FY 2011, and DoD’s percentage increased from 0.94 in FY 2008 to 2.02 in FY 2011 (Federal Procurement Data System—Next Generation, undated).}, bookauthor = {Amy G. Cox and Nancy Y. Moore}, booktitle = {Improving Federal and Department of Defense Use of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses}, pages = {1--6}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Characteristics of Veterans and Service-Disabled Veterans and Their Potential Effect on the Supply of SDVOSBs}, year = {2013} }