Save Energy, Save Money

National -- In an effort to increase the number of minority- and women-owned firms it contracts with, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has created a pilot program that pairs prime contractors with small firms in the aviation industry.

Operating through 1999, the FAA Mentor-Protégé Program teams certified small businesses with one of the following three prime contractors: Booz·Allen & Hamilton Inc., FDC Technologies Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. The mentors are looking for firms that will complement their products and services and who want a long-term relationship.

For more information, visit the FAA's Web site at http://www.faa.gov/sbo/men2.htm#1.7

This article was originally published in the September 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Save Energy, Save Money.