WHIAAPI’s The Future of Business Virtual Events Series: Government Procurement Tools, Resources and Opportunities for AAPI-owned Businesses

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) invites you to participate in The Future of Business Virtual Series with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) & U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) on October 1, 2020. The virtual event will start promptly at 2:00pm EDT with special opening remarks from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine L. Chao, who is Co-Chair of WHIAAPI, alongside U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, who we will hear from later in the series. This White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) event is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOC), and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to inform AAPI-owned small businesses about the tools, resources and opportunities available at these three cabinet-level agencies.

• Special opening remarks from Secretary Elaine L. Chao
• Presenters: Willis Morris, Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration and DOT OSDBU Director; LaJuene Desmukes, DOC OSDBU Director