How can I learn more about doing business with the federal government as a woman-owned business?
We first suggest you visit www.womenbiz.gov, a gateway for women-owned businesses selling to the federal government. Whether you are just starting to think about bidding on your first government contract or you are submitting your tenth proposal, there are key pieces of information about selling to the federal government that can be useful to you at any stage of your business. Womenbiz.gov is hosted and maintained by the National Women’s Business Council and is organized to target the five specific stages that a woman business owner should go through as she begins to explore whether the federal government is the right customer for her business. You might also visit www.FirstGov.gov , an easy-to-search Web site designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state and federal government agency Web sites. FirstGov also offers a powerful search engine and an index of Web-accessible government information and services to help you find what you need. You should