Life after military service: Disabled vets win federal IT contracts

Since 2004, U.S. government agencies have had a statutory goal of sending 3 percent of their prime and subcontracts to SDVOs such as i3 Federal. Although federal agencies aren't meeting this 3 percent goal, they're still sending billions of dollars a year to firms with the SDVO designation. The owners of SDVO firms have a range of disabilities, from having shrapnel in a leg to suffering from Agent Orange poisoning to having multiple artificial limbs. To qualify for SDVO set-aside contracts, firms must meet federal requirements as a small business and must be owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans.

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