Procurement policies of the Department of Defense with regard to small businesses--finding solutions to problems that exist : hearing before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, Washington, DC, September 6, 2001.

The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance and efficiency and in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals.