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I invite the entire NASA family to

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celebrate this year's Small Business Week

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April 30th through May 6.

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Small Businesses are critical to our mission

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and we salute their hard work and dedication.

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99.9% of all firms in America

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are considered small businesses and

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across NASA your colleagues are helping

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to ensure that the contribution of these

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partners is broad and effective.

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I want to congratulate the winners of the

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Fiscal Year 2016 Small Business Advocates Award

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which recognizes

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innovative efforts to develop best

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practices for this important work.

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They are

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Small Business Specialist of the Year

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Robert E Watts from the Stennis Space Center

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Small Business Technical Advisor of the Year

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Virginia Garrison from

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the Marshall Space Flight Center

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Program Person of the Year

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Ellen Sydnor from the Langley Research Center

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Technical Team of the Year

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Flight Operations Directorate

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Acquisition Strategy Team from the Johnson Space Center

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Procurement Team of the Year

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Mission Services Contracting Branch Team

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from the Langley Research Center.

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I also want to congratulate

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the Fiscal Year 2016 Small Business Industry Award winners.

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They are

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Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year

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Cepeda Systems and Software Analysis Incorporated

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nominated for Marshall Space Flight Center

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Small Business Subcontractorof the Year

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Atec. Incorporated

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nominated from Johnson Space Center

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Large Business Prime Contractor the Year

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Jacobs Technology Incorporated

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nominated from Kennedy Space Center

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Mentor-Protege Agreement of the Year

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nominated from Marshall Space Flight Center

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Teledyne Brown Engineering as the mentor

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to their protege University of Nevada Las Vegas.

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Last year small businesses

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received more than five point two

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billion dollars in contracts with the agency.

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More than 2.7 billion going

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to them in prime contracts.

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We've exceeded our small business

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subcontracting goals since 2008 and it remains a priority.

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Over the past three

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fiscal years we've also increased our

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women-owned small business percentage

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from three point three percent to four point oh five percent

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We're actively

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increasing our engagement with

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities and

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minority serving institutions through

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new avenues such as the NASA HBCU MSI

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technology and fusion road tour and

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we're actively promoting small business

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awareness and participation through

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innovative techniques at non-traditional

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venues in geographically targeted areas.

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We're hosting regional outreach events

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across the country to engage innovative

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small businesses in all of these areas

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and many others and I urge everyone to

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actively support these entrepreneurs.

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If you want to find out more

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the Office of Small Business Programs mobile app has

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information about events, active contract

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listings, and contact information for our team.

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It's available on Apple Systems and

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soon will be available for Android.

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Please join me in celebrating Small

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Business Week and the contributions of

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small businesses to NASA and