Native American Contractors Association responds to the Washington Post series on Alaska Native Corporations

Washington, DC (openPR) 4 October 2010

26th August 2010, sent NACA Executive Director Sarah Lukin Mr. OA? Harrow an eight-page document outlining the facts about the history, role and importance of the participation of the ANC in the SBA 8 (a) program. The majority of these facts and views have been dismissed in total in the Washington Posta? News articles century

a glaring omission in a series of Washington Post was a balanced, thoughtful examination of the huge population of Alaska Native sacrifice promised in exchange for business development opportunities to ensure long-term economic success. These include governorates U.S.? The commitment to honor and economically support the indigenous people of Alaska to seizing millions of acres of oil-rich country hundreds of billions of dollars in exchange for the training of prenatal care and the promise of providing access to major economic initiatives such as the SBA 8 (a) program. 8 (a) embodies this promise to participate in the program of the ANC in the heart of federal Indian policy and the honor of the government promise of economic self-sufficiency for the indigenous people of Alaska ????.
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Posta? s second round of reporting to 1 October 2010, journalist Robert OA? Harrow has its unprecedented attack on the ANC and the indigenous peoples to serve readers by misleading the industry’s efforts continue to increase transparency and accountability of the ANC put 8 (a) subcontracting. The story, entitled â? Breaking with tradition propose reforms to the Native leaders prenatal care, â? irresponsibly misled readers to believe that the large community ANC resisted efforts to strengthen the accountability of the ANC. Exactly the opposite is true. In fact, NACA other Indian organizations like the National Congress of American Indians and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, combined with respect, transparency and indigenous education for advice Monitor 8 (a) the activities of the company for years. (Read NACA? ™ s joint recommendations.)

? Harrow ignores the fact that new rules and laws already on the move significantly to improve the monitoring of the ANC 8 (a) participation. Specifically, proposed new SBA rule changes a system to offer the benefits to realize the Aboriginal community of 8 (a) participation. Moreover, these rules create new annual financial report for the ANC 8 (a) companies, additional oversight by the SBA and agencies, and impose new restrictions on the participation of the ANC in the 8 (a) program. In addition, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010 contains a provision (§ 811), the agencies go through a formal justification and approval for any sole source award of an 8 Native requires (a) more dollars.

ANC, who wrote the proposal for alternative political cited by Mr OA? Harrow has a unique and important access to natural resources and other investments that are a reliable source of income outside of 8 offer (a) program. In essence, they can afford to compete outside the 8 (a), in contrast to the vast majority of prenatal clinics, which does not have these resources, and require participation in programs such as 8 (a) strengthening the capacity of the company.

Washington? s series of articles has also distorted the fiduciary obligations of all antenatal clinics in the reports of their financial statements is required. This, too, “said Madame de Lukina? S August 2010 letter to osteoarthritis? Harrow wrote. Mrs. Lukin, that not one? The overwhelming majorityâ? Of antenatal file their annual reports to the State of Alaska and A? Completely open with the Federal Government about their financial pictures.â? woman Lukin added that â? All ANC 8 (a) The company must report annually on the SBA and undertake to update its business plan, â € and â? The new SBA regulations ANC, tribal NHO and 8 (a) ‘s inclusion in the financial reports of the SBA annually.â? Aboriginal businesses continue to participate in open and full disclosure of its financial reports to shareholders. None of these facts were mentioned in Mr. OA? Harrow? S Article .

also addressed statements made by Senator Claire McCaskill ??? Senator McCaskill a position to Alaska Native peoples used ???????????? is offensive, â? She said. ANC? Work hard to provide indigenous communities, and the facts show, 8 (a) is to assist the indigenous communities in Alaska. Since the establishment of antenatal clinics, Alaska Native graduation rate has tripled, inflation-adjusted household income, living by 50 percent and the percentage of Alaska Natives were below the poverty line fell by about 50 percent. These facts prove and ANC 8 (a) a> ????

Lukin continued, a senator McCaskill’s assertion that Alaska Native should be paid directly by the government and excluded from participation in supplying the market with the Federal Government is proposing a return to the protection system has failed demonstrably America?? ?????? ? s indigenous peoples. ? Native donâ t need a side we have the opportunity to contribute to our nation’s economy and experience our share of the American ??????? p Dream.â ?

The Washington Post “against Senator McCaskill challenge? s questionable and probably hypocritical characterization, the ANC are due? ridiculously expensive contracts.â Government not to compete? Ironically, 30 September announced the day the first story in the Washington Post, Missouri-based Boeing, it published only a single source contract in the amount of $ 0900000000 received? more than twice as much as the ANC was collectively last year.

NACA? Website contains refutations of specific articles of the Washington Post series. Mrs. Lukin said the terms were â? Low on substance and short on facts.â? She added: “Indigenous communities are in need, and this need not be denied ????. 8 (a) is one of the programs in history, the positive impact for indigenous peoples through the United States Congress created. must demonstrate through actions, he stands with Indian Country and support programs such as 8 (a) that the economic self-sufficiency for America? ™ s Indigenous> Promoting people.â ????

Native American Contractors Association

(NACA) is a national Aboriginal people in Washington, DC. NACA represents and serves nearly 40 tribal, Alaska Native Corporations (ANC) and Native Hawaiian organizations (NHOS) throughout the country on issues of economic self-sufficiency for America? S of the indigenous population, based on our membersâ? ? Participation in government procurement and small business administration? s 8 (a) Business Development Program. NACA? S members represent more than 475,000 members of the tribe, Alaska Native shareholders, and native Hawaiians.

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