(a) collecting and maintaining information identifying certified
minority and women-owned business enterprises within New York state;
(b) collecting, maintaining, and providing information to potential
users identifying existing contracting and procurement opportunities
within and outside New York state;
(c) maintaining, providing and marketing a compilation of existing
programs providing assistance for minority and women-owned business
enterprises;
(d) identifying special needs and problems facing minority and
women-owned business enterprises within New York state;
(e) contacting institutions, organizations and commercial enterprises
that are potential consumers of minority and women-owned business
products and services; urging their expanded consumption of such goods
and services;
(f) facilitating the establishment of minority and women-owned
business enterprises; and
(g) providing information concerning local and regional opportunities
for minority and women-owned business enterprises.