The chair of the House Small Business Committee is accusing the Interior Department of violating the Small Business Act in its job opening announcement for a new “OSDBU” director. That refers to the department’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

      Rep. Sam Graves, R-MO, raised the concerns in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on May 12, according to FederalNewsRadio.

      Graves alleges that the job anouncement contains three violations: it does not explicitly name the required core competencies; it fails to state that the OSDBU director must report directly to the secretary; and the job description is incomplete.

More information: Graves’ letter: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/pdfs/051314_Interior_OSDBU.pdf