Minority Business Development Agency
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US$30 million (2009)
US$32 million ( est. 2010)
US$32 million (est. 2011) |
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses. The current National Director is David A. Hinson.
MBDA's stated mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses by providing access to capital, access to contracts and access to market opportunities - both domestic and global. The main feature of the organization and its site is to provide business consulting services to minority business owners.
The agency's Fiscal Year 2009 budget is $29,000,000.
History
On March 5, 1969, Richard Nixon wrote Executive Order 11458, establishing the Office of Minority Business Enterprise. In 1979, the agency was renamed the Minority Business Development Agency.
Ronald N. Langston, was appointed the MBDA National Director by United States President George W. Bush on March 19, 2001.
David A. Hinson was appointed the MBDA National Director by President Barack Obama in July 2009.
External links
Resources
Alkalimat, Abdul. The African American Experience in Cyberspace. Pluto Press, 1994.
Categories:
- Government agencies established in 1969
- Establishments by United States executive order
- Investment agencies
- United States Department of Commerce agencies
- Presidency of Richard Nixon
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