On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued policy guidance indicating that it will administer ...

Action is Latest in Sweeping Effort to Dismantle DEI, Expose Fraud, and Restore Integrity to Federal ContractingWASHINGTON, ...

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

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has suspended 1,091 participants in the 8(a) Business Development Program after concluding that ...

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

On January 22, 2026, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a new “8(a) Program Mandate” that, according to the SBA, is intended ...

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, ...

In July 2025, the agency rescinded the independent 8 (a) contracting authority of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after a DOJ investigation uncovered a $550 million bribery ...

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 move would bar small businesses with any amount of ownership from green card holders from applying for the agency’s most popular small business loan program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration is moving to let Los Angeles wildfire survivors bypass stalled ...