Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 6, 1 June 2002 — Defense contracts [ARTICLE]

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Defense contracts

Qualified Native Hawaiian firms and organizations wishing to perform work for the U.S. Dept. of Defense are now given preference under the Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act governing eommercial or industrial procurement contracts and subcontracts for fiscal

year ending Sept. 30, 2002. The federal government maintains the policy of assisting qualified handicapped, Native ,American and Native Hawaiian groups in competing for federal contracts. Native Hawaiian organizations are defined in section 637(a)(15) of Title 15, United States Code as any non-profit "community service organization serving Native Hawaiians in the State of Hawaii... whose business activities will principally benefit Native Hawaiians."