DHS Opens New Veteran Opportunity Website

DHS Opens New Veteran Opportunity Website
The Department of Homeland Security has been working hard to hire more veterans and open up additional contract opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs). To date, DHS employs 48,130 veterans, a number that is well on track to meet Secretary Napolitano’s employment objective of 50,000 veterans by the end of 2012. Another target is to award $1 billion in contracts annually to veteran-owned small businesses. DHS actually awarded $1.1 billion last year, plus they exceeded the 3% contract set-aside goal for SDVOSB firms by awarding 3.2%. For more information about job or contracting opportunities, visit the new DHS website at www.dhs.gov/veterans