<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Title: Minority-Owned Contractors and 8(a) Certification Challenges in Engineering Industry</dc:title><dc:date>1970-07-08</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_003_2_33_5_0017</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document includes a series of letters regarding minority-owned contractors and their certification for government contracting opportunities. The documents discuss specific firms such as McCaleb-Husbaum-Thomas and Benito Sinclair and their efforts to obtain certification for engineering studies. The documents also address the importance of the 8(a) Program for minority consulting engineers and the need for cooperation from regional SBA offices.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>