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Top Government Agencies for Diversity Business Opportunities Announced
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Southport, CT, January 9, 2007/ DiversityBusiness.com --United States Postal Service was today declared as the “Top Government Agency for Multicultural Business Opportunities of 2006”. Over 500,000 diversity business owners had the opportunity to participate in an online election to determine the “Top” agencies. The honor extends to another nineteen agency’s and is collectively called the Div50.
The 7th annual list was produced by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B online website. The voting business owners based their decisions on such factors as the volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities granted to women and minority-owned companies. Other agencies at the top of the list are Small Business Administration, General Services Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency.
Top Honors for Top Corporations
While other awards and “top” lists crown companies for overall economic growth, returns to shareholders and similar metrics, the Div50 is an indicator of which organizations provide the best and the most business for diversity-owned companies. In a marketplace that is increasingly as sensitive to diversity as it is to revenues, recognizing the top buyers of multicultural products and services is becoming a natural part of the new socioeconomic food chain. “Those organizations that buy the most products and services, most consistently, from diversity businesses, and that sustain the most mutually beneficial business relationships with their multicultural suppliers, should be recognized not only by the business owners but also by the general public,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of DiversityBusiness.com.
The Business Power of Diversity
As minorities gain more buying power and their lifestyles become more affluent, multicultural markets are growing in economic muscle. This in turn attracts more corporations, as they compete for market share in minority communities. The Div50 list has become, by virtue of association, a consumer guide of sorts for women and minority consumers. “As a diversity business owner, I appreciate the business we receive from corporate and government buyers; and in turn, when I buy products and services, either as a company or as a private individual, I am much more likely to buy from the same companies that are supporting my business, or that I know are supporting businesses like mine,” said Peter Clarke, owner of Advanced Cleaning Concepts headquartered in Bridgeport, CT.
The list is circulated to over 1,000 organizations that distribute it to their members and associates; it thus reaches millions of consumers every year. In 7 short years, it has become a highly valued metric of corporate excellence in the diversity space.
The Div50
The Div50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and organizational buyers of diversity products and services throughout the country. It represents the voices of over 500,000 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses and small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. The Div50 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B internet website that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
Over 500,000 women, minority owned and small businesses had the opportunity to vote in the 2006 online election. The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 7th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
A complete list of the winners is available at: www.diversitybusiness.com
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 32,000 members is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital business news and information.
Press Contact: Odetta Rogers, Director of Communications, DiversityBusiness.com
Source: DiversityBusiness.com
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America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities-2005 : DiversityBusiness.com
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America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities -
2006 |
| Over 500,000 women and
minority owned businesses had the opportunity to vote in the online
election. The election was conducted in a secure Internet environment
utilizing the latest technology available. Fortune 500 companies and
Government Agencies were selected for the awards based on business
opportunities they provide to diversity owned businesses. |
| Rank |
Top Government Agencies
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| 1 |
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS) |
| 2 |
Small
Business Administration |
| 3 |
General Services Administration |
| 4 |
Minority Business Development Agency |
| 5 |
Army & Air Force Exchange Service |
| 6 |
Department
of Health and Human Services |
| 7 |
Department of Defense |
| 8 |
Department of Education |
| 9 |
U.S. Air Force |
| 10 |
Defense Logistics Agency |
| 11 |
Department
of Homeland Security |
| 12 |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 13 |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| 14 |
Department of Commerce |
| 15 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| 16 |
Agency for International Development |
| 17 |
U.S. Navy |
| 18 |
Department of Agriculture |
| 19 |
U.S.
Army |
| 20 |
Department of Energy |
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