Program is shrinking as compliance rules reshape who can access federal contracts, raising questions about opportunity and ...

The suspended firms collectively have received more than $5 billion in contracted work over the last four years, according to ...

Action is Latest in Year-Long Effort to Dismantle DEI Discrimination, Expose Fraud, and Restore Fairness in Federal ...

Experts say claims of widespread fraud of the 8(a) program are unfounded and the ongoing audits run counter to the goal of expanding the industrial base.

In a sweeping and unprecedented enforcement action, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has dramatically escalated its ...

"I'd hate to see the baby thrown out with the bathwater," one executive said of the Trump administration's scrutiny of ...

The Small Business Administration is giving 8(a) companies, which failed to meet its deadline to submit financial data, 45 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks over the weekend are latest in the Trump administration’s criticisms of the 8(a) ...

In addition to issuing the guidance, the SBA removed from its website the Biden-era “Guide for Demonstrating Social ...

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is reviewing the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program, arguing that the long-running initiative has strayed from ...

The Smart Energy Initiative of Southeastern PA, a program of the Chester County Economic Development Council will hold its “14th Annual SEI Energy Briefing,” 8 to 10 a.m., at the Chester County ...

Secretary of War Hegseth announced that his department is "taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government—the 8(a) program." (Source: X @SecWar) On January 16, 2026, ...