Public discussion surrounding the Small Business Association’s 8(a) Business Development Program has increasingly drifted from fact and toward caricature. The program is often portrayed as a shortcut ...

WASHINGTON — On Jan. 28, 2026 the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the suspension of 1,091 firms from the 8(a) Business Development Program – representing about 25% of all firms ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the suspension of 1,091 firms from the 8(a) Business Development Program -- representing ...

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The largest spender in the federal government procurement space is carefully sifting through a core small-business contracting program. “We are actually taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes implemented by Administrator Kelly Loeffler last year, ...

The Small Business Administration has released new formal guidance to its program officials emphasizing that the use of race-based criteria in the 8(a) Business Development Program violates ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes ...

The Defense Department is joining several other agencies in a top-to-bottom review of 8(a) small business contracts. In a video posted Friday to X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the department ...

The 8(a) small business contracting program is coming under the microscope of its biggest user. The Defense Department is joining a growing list of agencies auditing the use of sole source contracts ...