New law may give women-owned small businesses a boost

Vying for federal contracts used to be a vexing process for a Stafford County woman-owned business.

Acolyst, founded and owned by Ellie Nazemoff, had to split complex projects into smaller tasks due to caps on federal contracts awarded through the Women Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.

“For each task underneath the overall project, we would spend thousands of dollars in marketing for proposals, meetings, and other engagements to receive award of the following task,” said Valeh Nazemoff, her daughter and the company’s vice president, in an email.

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