ACKNOWLEDGMENTS____________________________MINORITY-/WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES


Many persons participated in conducting the 1992 Surveys of Women-Owned 
Businesses and the Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises. Primary 
direction was performed by Frederick T. Knickerbocker, Associate Director 
for Economic Programs; and Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Assistant Director for 
Economic Programs.  

This report was prepared in the Agriculture and Financial Statistics 
Division (AGFS) under the general direction of Dr. Ewen Wilson, Chief; 
and Ruth A. Runyan, Assistant Division Chief for Financial Statistics.  

The overall project development and planning of this report were under 
the direction of Eddie J. Salyers, Chief, Company Statistics Branch. 
Valerie C. Strang directed and implemented planning procedures, 
specification development, data collection, editing, and compilation 
of this report. Staff assistance was provided by Melody Atkinson, Traci 
Brown, Rebecca Clement, David Cooper, Elaine Emanuel, Barbara Esworthy, 
Jesus Garcia, Donna Hambric, Durwin Knutson, Sungsoo Oh, and Patricia 
Patriarca.  

Development and implementation of the statistical methodology were 
performed under the general supervision of Mitchell Trager, Assistant 
Division Chief for Research and Methodology, Economic Census and 
Surveys Division (ECSD) and Ruth Detlefsen, Assistant Division Chief 
for Research and Methodology (AGFS). Direction in those areas was 
provided by Kenneth Sausman, Chief, Statistical Methods Branch, 
(ECSD) and Ann Vacca, Chief, Frame Research and Development Branch 
(AGFS). David Raglin, preceded by Mark Sands, was assigned primary 
responsibility for sample design, imputation, and estimation with 
staff assistance by Bill Kirby and Julia Klein Griffiths. Keying 
procedures were developed by Charles Fowler, Ellen Kummer, and 
Benjamin Stephens of the Directory Development Branch (ECSD).  

Computer programs were developed in the Economic Statistical
Methods and Programming Division under the general supervision of
Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Chief; and Martin S. Harahush, Assistant
Division Chief for Quinquennial Programs; with assistance from
Steven G. McCraith, Chief, Quinquennial Surveys Branch; and James
R. Parker, Chief, Mailout and Data Collection Branch. Joseph F.
Keehan was assigned primary programming responsibility with
assistance from John D. Bedwell, Sarah J. Castillo, William E.
Dyer, Thaddeus S. Hess, Stephen D. Jarvis, James L. Kirk, Steven
W. Laudrille, John E. McCormick, and Andrew M. Stevenson.  

The staff of the Technical Services Division, Teresa Angueira, Chief, 
captured the response data electronically using a Film Optical 
Sensing Device for Input to Computer (FOSDIC) operation.  

The staff of the Administrative and Publications Services Division, 
Walter C. Odom, Chief, performed publication planning, design, 
composition, editorial review, and procurement for publications. 
Frances B. Scott and Helen M. Curtis provided publication 
coordination and editing. Evelyn Fedorko and Shirley Boswell 
were responsible for design and procurement of the report forms, 
respectively. 

Mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical activities,
and data keying were performed by the staff of the Data
Preparation Division, Judith N. Petty, Chief. Computer processing 
was performed in the Computer Services Division, Marvin D. Raines, 
Chief. 

Photocomposition programs for the statistical tables were developed 
in the Systems Support Division, Richard W. Swartz, Chief. 

The overall planning and review of the census operations were
performed by the staff of the office of the Assistant Director
for Economic and Agriculture Censuses. 

This survey depended upon the cooperation of the staffs of the
Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration.
Thanks are due to Daniel Skelly, Chief, Statistics of Income
Division, Karen Cys, and Ken Szeflinski of the Internal Revenue
Service; Warren Buckler, Barry Bye, Harry Stamer, Frank Thomas,
and Peter Wheeler of the Social Security Administration; and
Lynda DiNenna, Cheryl A. Leigh, Harvey Monk, and Edward D. Walker
of the Census Bureau, who coordinated activities with the
agencies.

Special acknowledgment is also due to the many business owners whose
cooperation has contributed to the publication of these data.

If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, 
call 301-763-5726.

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