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I have also heard that sometimes “expert in being picked for a government contract” sometimes includes being owned, or rather, being recorded as being owned, by a woman or minority.

Yes, in US procurement this does happen. Being owned by a veteran is another such category.

I used to work for a local Canadian company that had an American branch. The Canadian company was founded and owned by a man, but the American branch was 'founded' by the female VP who had a 'permanent' address in Texas so that they could apply for government contracts. The American branch was quite small, so a good portion of the work was 'exported' back to the Canadian branch and was done by folks living in KW. Total loophole that definitely did not work as intended.