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 ...

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

On January 16, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of War will be conducting a comprehensive ...

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.

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

On December 5, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a formal request to all active participants in the 8(a) Business Development Program—approximately 4,300 firms. The directive ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business leaders across the country are joining the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in voicing support for the agency’s 8(a) Business Development ...

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program, aimed to help socially and economically disadvantaged small business owners access federal contracting opportunities, has ...

The Small Business Administration cites the guilty pleas of a former contracting officer and industry executives in a decades-long bribery scheme. The Small Business Administration will carry out an ...

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

The Small Business Administration suspended more than 1,000 companies in the 8(a) program. SBA made the decision after it deemed those small businesses non-compliant with its financial data request ...