(1) SBA Section 8(a) minority set-asides, by federal agency.

Chart (1) Section 8(a) Minority Contractor Gifts: Contract Set-Asides by Major Federal Agencies, FY 1996 (Millions of Dollars)
	Total Dollars	Share to Minority 8(a) Businesses
		Dollars	Percent
Total Federal Agencies	170,772.6	6,670.0	3.9
Department of Agriculture	2,597.3	141.0	5.4
Department of Commerce	773.7	103.8	13.4
Department of Defense	109,489.0	3,615.0	3.3
Department of Education	435.1	21.4	4.9
Department of Energy	15,715.6	355.5	2.3
Dept of Health and Human Services	3,106.1	262.8	8.5
Dept of Housing and Urban Development	516.9	68.0	13.2
Department of the Interior	983.8	91.3	9.3
Department of Justice	2,210.1	187.9	8.5
Department of Labor	882.2	40.4	4.6
Department of State	685.1	63.8	9.3
Department of Transportation	1,837.8	279.0	15.2
Department of the Treasury	1,294.2	161.8	12.5
Department of Veterans Affairs	3,774.6	162.1	4.3
Environmental Protection Agency	1,027.7	59.2	5.8
GSA Federal Supply Schedule**	4,304.4	-0-	-0-
Non-Federal Supply Schedule	6,321.3	489.8	7.8
NASA	9,606.0	329.2	3.4
Social Security Administration	390.7	44.8	11.5
Tennessee Valley Authority	2,931.0	17.8	0.6
Agency for Intnl. Development	1,000.0	61.0	6.1
All Others	890.0	115.3	13.0

Total SBA Minority Set-Asides:		$6,670,000,000

Note: Dollar or percentage figures may vary slightly because of rounding or necessary corrections of figures submitted in year-end reports by some federal agencies. Information not given in written reports was obtained by telephone.

* The Department of Defense (DOD) has, by specific legislation, a goal of 5 percent for participation by small disadvantaged business. DOD has therefore never chosen to recognize or provide separate goals for 8(a) and other SDB awards, as all other agencies do. Rather, DOD has provided a single goal for total SDB participation.

** GSA FSS goal percentages are based on number of contracts awarded.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Government Contracting, unpublished data, 1997.

END of Chart (1): SBA Section 8(a) Minority Set-Asides