http://womeninbusiness.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-21T01:32:12Z Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://womeninbusiness.about.com/b/2012/02/22/free-american-express-open-and-women-impacting-public-policy-webinar.htm <p>The U.S. government is the world's largest single purchaser of goods and services with federal contract spending amounting to just over $535 billion in fiscal year 2011. 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