SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
AT&T Is Recognized Among the 10 Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses
T
he National Veteran-Owned Busi- ness Association (Na VOBA) Recog-
nizes AT&T for its Longstanding Com- mitment to Including Disabled-Veteran Owned Businesses in its Supply Chain AT&T recently announced that the
National Veteran-Owned Business As- sociation (NaVOBA) has recognized AT&T among the 10 Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses for 2010.
The list honors the most success-
ful large corporations that engage the nation’s three million veteran-owned businesses as suppliers. This is the fourth time AT&T is honored with this recognition. “AT&T actively seeks disabled-
veteran business enterprises (DVBEs) to include in our business. They have proven to be valuable business solu- tion partners in our supply chain. They help us meet our diverse customers’ needs and improve AT&T’s position in the marketplace,” said Marianne Stro- bel, executive director, AT&T Global Supplier Diversity Program. AT&T’s unwavering commitment
to the inclusion of diverse suppliers in its supply chain is evident in its bench- mark best-spending results, some of the highest in the country. In 2009, AT&T spent $82 million with disabled- veteran owned business enterprises (DVBEs). AT&T is an original member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable—a supplier diversity think-tank that spends more than a billion dollars an- nually with diversity-owned compa- nies. Only 17 corporations nationwide qualify at this level. AT&T has been included on this list
in previous years for continuing to be a leader in developing and promoting DVBEs and increasing corporate con- tract opportunities. AT&T’s goal is to procure 1.5% of its purchase base with DVBEs.
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To achieve this goal, AT&T is launch-
ing “Operation Hand Salute” (OHS) in May 2010, an initiative designed as a mentorship development program for strategically positioned and innova- tive DVBEs. AT&T has assembled a ‘blue-ribbon’ task force of DVBE lead- ers, companies, business experts and community leaders to partner in the design and implementation of OHS for optimal success. The pilot program will launch in California and will assist participants in improving their busi- ness operations and subsequently their ability to win corporate contracts. The term “Hand Salute” represents AT&T outreach efforts to develop DVBEs and AT&T’s acknowledgement of veter- ans’ military service and willingness to compete in the enterprise market seg- ment.
Celebrating 18 Years of Diversity
The cover of the April issue of NaVOBA’s Vetrepreneur magazine features this year’s 10 honorees. The list welcomes back some perennial vetrepreneur-friendly companies like Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC, AT&T, DynCorp International and Comcast Corporation. The honored companies also include Northrop Grumman, Dell, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpora- tion, UPS and Lockheed Martin. AT&T products and services are
provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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Source: AT&T Inc. & PRnewswire
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