House Small Business Committee

Small Business Administration (SBA) building

GOP lawmakers pan SBA return-to-office plans as ‘extremely minimal’

As SBA seeks more funding for fiscal 2025, House Small Business Committee members push for agency employees to return to the office more often.

Federal Report

Concerns over NASA’s SEWP VI small business strategy come to surface

Congress

Better data, analysis gives SBA new optimism to recoup smaller COVID loans

Big Data

The misguided attacks on the 8(a) program must end

Commentary

POGO

How multi-billion dollar defense contractors netted small business set-asides

Defense Industry

GAO claims SBA obstructing oversight into COVID-19 relief loans as IG accelerates investigations

Agency Oversight

New legislation looks to revitalize lagging SBA HUBZone program, underdeveloped communities

Congress

Agencies could better protect whistleblowers working for contractors

Federal Newscast

Lawmakers berate SBA for trying to ‘usurp authority’ in HUBZone program

Congress

Growing confusion over category management sparks Hill interest

Reporter's Notebook

USPS, VA shuffle chairs of IT executives

Reporter's Notebook

Agencies end 20 years of contracting failures

The Small Business Administration is reporting that agencies surpassed the 5 percent governmentwide goal of awarding contracts to women-owned small businesses…

Contracts/Awards

Small business, hazing top NDAA wishlist for lawmakers

Lawmakers pushed for provisions of the Defending American’s Small Contractors bill to be folded into the 2017 NDAA.

Defense

Surprises in the SBA reauthorization bill

Reporter's Notebook

The Defending America’s Small Contractors Act of 2016 would make the ability to protest task orders worth more than $10 million permanent.