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Changes for VA Small Businesses
If you hope to set up a business as a service-dis-
abled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
or a veteran-owned small business (VOSB),
your verification will no longer be done by the
Department of Veterans Affairs. Instead, as of
the beginning of 2023, the Small Business Ad-
ministration (SBA) will be in charge.
No new applications will be accepted after Oct.
24, 2022, for either verification or reverifica-
tion, due to the transition to the Small Business
Administration. If you currently have a busi-
ness and wonder about your next steps, go to
vetbiz.va.gov and click on “See frequently asked
questions concerning this change.”
The Vets First Verification Program, using the
Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE),
will be your go-to for all types of assistance,
including working through the initial steps: In-
take, Assessment, Federal Review and Decision.
The benefits are worth the trouble to become
VA-verified, if only for the set asides that are at
the heart of how the VA helps small businesses
-- competition is limited, which helps veterans
compete for federal contracts. At least 3% of
those contracts are held for service-disabled
veterans who own their businesses.
To be a SDVOSB or VOSB, a business must be
owned 51% or more by a veteran who did not
receive a bad conduct or dishonorable dis-
charge, and be controlled on a daily basis by a
veteran who has the managerial experience to
run the business. In addition, the veteran has
to be the highest paid person in the company,
working full time and holding the highest posi-
tion in the company. To qualify as a service-
disabled business, the veteran must meet all of
the above qualifications and also have a dis-
ability rating letter from the VA confirming a
service-connected disability.
If you’re ready to start a business, check out
www.va.gov/osdbu/verification/index.asp and
scroll to the guides and forms.
If you’re still at the thinking stage and need di-
rection and help in becoming an entrepreneur,
go to www.va.gov/OSDBU/entrepreneur/index.
asp for information on finding financial back-
ing, growing your business or doing business
with federal agencies and more.
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1. Who was “Sir Duke” written about?
2. Who was Boxcar Willie?
3. Which group released “Nights in White
Satin”?
4. Which song was David Bowie’s first U.S. No.
1 hit?
5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “I
heard the weatherman predict a sunny day, He
did not mean to lie, I look outside it’s raining.”
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Answers:
at all.
and Cyndi Grecco in 1976 and 1977) didn’t chart
charts, while previous versions (by Austin Roberts
1978. Player’s version made it to the Top 10
5. “This Time I’m In It For Love, ” by Player, in
4. “Fame, ” in 1975.
later it climbed to No. 1 on the Top 100.
only went to No. 103 on the charts. Four years
set of satin sheets. When it was released, the song
Justin Hayward penned the song after receiving a
3. The Moody Blues, in 1967. And yes, songwriter
Air Force.
the same time, he was a flight engineer in the U.S.
country music singer and writer of hobo music. At 2. Boxcar Willie (born Lecil Travis Martin) was a
were also mentioned in the lyrics.
jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Glenn Miller
tribute to the Duke, who had died in 1974. Other
1. Duke Ellington. Stevie Wonder’s 1977 hit was a
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