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

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

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There is question if the administration will simply remove contracts from the program, or potentially move to end the program ...

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

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

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.

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