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By Danielle Ivory / The Bulletin
April 5, 2012
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has missed its small-business contracting goal every year in the past decade, a sign of the continuing barriers facing companies competing with larger rivals for federal work.
The government has a target of awarding 23 percent of eligible prime, or direct,....