§ 41. Division of service-disabled veterans' business development. 1.\nThe head of the division of service-disabled veterans' business\ndevelopment shall be the director who shall be appointed by the governor\nand who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commissioner.\n 2. The director may appoint such deputies, assistants, and other\nemployees as may be needed for the performance of the duties prescribed\nherein subject to the provisions of the civil service law and the rules\nand regulations of the civil service commission. The director may\nrequest and shall receive from any (i) department, division, board,\nbureau, or executive commission of the state or (ii) state agency, such\nassistance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this\narticle.\n 3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:\n (a) Develop, collect, summarize and disseminate information that will\nbe helpful to persons and organizations throughout the state in\nundertaking or promoting the establishment and successful operation of a\nservice-disabled veteran-owned business.\n (b) Develop and make available to state agencies a directory of\ncertified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises which\nshall, wherever practicable, be divided into categories of labor,\nservices, supplies, equipment, materials and recognized construction\ntrades and which shall indicate areas or locations of the state where\nsuch enterprises are available to perform services. Such directory shall\nbe posted on the office of general services website.\n (c) Assist state agencies in the development of programs to foster and\npromote the use of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises\non state contracts.\n (d) Coordinate the plans, programs and operations of the state\ngovernment which affect or may contribute to the establishment,\npreservation and development of service-disabled veteran-owned business\nenterprises.\n (e) To appoint independent hearing officers who by contract or terms\nof employment shall preside over adjudicatory hearings pursuant to this\nsection for the office and who are assigned no other work by the office.\n (f) In conjunction with the commissioner, develop a comprehensive\nstatewide plan and operational guidelines to promote service-disabled\nveteran-owned business enterprises and to assist them in obtaining\nopportunities to participate in the procurement of goods and services by\nthe state, including identification of barriers to service-disabled\nveterans' business development and investigation and evaluation of their\nimpact on achieving the objectives of this article.\n 4. The commissioner shall:\n (a) Coordinate training of all procurement personnel of state\nagencies, emphasizing increased sensitivity and responsiveness to the\nunique needs and requirements of service-disabled veteran-owned business\nenterprises.\n (b) Conduct a coordinated review of all existing and proposed state\ntraining and technical assistance activities in direct support of the\nservice-disabled veterans' business development program to assure\nconsistency with the objectives of this article.\n (c) Evaluate and assess availability of firms for the purpose of\nincreasing participation of such firms in state contracting in\nconsultation with relevant state entities including, but not limited to,\nthe New York state department of veterans' services.\n (d) Provide advice and technical assistance to promote\nservice-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises' understanding of\nstate procurement laws, practices and procedures to facilitate and\nincrease the participation of service-disabled veteran-owned business\nenterprises in state procurement.\n (e) Establish regular performance reporting systems regarding\nimplementation of the programs designed to increase service-disabled\nveteran-owned business participation in procurement contracts by state\nagencies.\n (f) Submit a report by the thirty-first of December each y
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