On July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee held in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. that the "rebuttable presumption" of social disadvantage under Small ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program has long served as one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Jan. 16 lambasted a decades-old contracting program that provides business opportunities for ...

Senators claim SBA's proposed revision "ignores present-day barriers that entrepreneurs from minority and underserved ...

Companies in the 8(a) small business contracting program are facing unprecedented pressure as the Trump administration paints it as rife with corruption and a bastion of illegal diversity, equity, and ...

On September 26, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council released the FAR Part 19 model deviation text, significantly reorganizing the Part’s overall structure. The updated FAR Part 19 ...

Earlier this year, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth proclaimed that his department would be “taking a sledgehammer” to the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development program. In Alaska, ...

The 8(a) Business Development program is a Small Business Administration initiative designed to level the federal government contracting playing field for small business owners who are socially and ...

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verous Technologies, a new Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) joint venture between TekFive and Iron Bow ...