Set-Aside Alert exclusive research:

Why so many errors in WOSB & EDWOSB federal set-aside data?

What started out as basic research to identify the most popular industries for set-asides for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) and Economically-Disadvantaged WOSBs (EDWOSBs) turned into a lengthy quest that revealed apparently extensive data problems for the programs.

Set-Aside Alert initiated a project to identify the top industry NAICS Codes for WOSB and EDWOSB federal set-asides. We found that the federal data appeared to be seriously compromised, so we discarded our initial goal.

The goal morphed into this: to find out why official data reported for dozens of the largest set-aside contract actions at multiple federal agencies in nine of the 10 most popular NAICS Codes for EDWOSBs apparently was reported erroneously.

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