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STEPS TO DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world. It buys all types of products and services — in both large and small quantities — and it’s required by law to consider buying from small businesses. Think about all the things it takes to make a large bureaucracy with more than 21 million employees run smoothly — pens, paper, computers and software, toilet paper and cleaning supplies — it all has to come from somewhere.