(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.