The future of a Small Business Administration grant program is up in the air. That uncertainty isn't good for businesses like ...

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

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the suspension of 1,091 firms from the 8(a) Business Development Program -- representing about 25% of all firms registered to participate ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Small businesses in territories like Guam run the risk of losing defense contracting opportunities if their unique economic ...

"The only companies getting $20M sole source awards.. are Alaska Native corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, tribally-owned organizations," Murphy said.

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, ...