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

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 ...

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

Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Loeffler has announced that she has ordered the SBA Office of General Contracting and Business Development to begin a full scale audit of the SBA’s ...

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, D.C. — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler recently announced a full-scale audit of the agency’s 8(a) Business Development Program in response to a U.S.

"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The Small Business Administration has rescinded part of the contracting authority of the U.S. Agency for International Development, taking the step just a day after putting federal contracting ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes ...