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WASHINGTON, June 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a proposed rule to end racial discrimination in the 8(a) Business Development Program and ...
The Trump administration said Thursday that it wants to drastically change how the Small Business Administration treats race and ethnicity in a major program geared toward minority-owned companies.
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 ...
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 ...
Earlier this year, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth proclaimed that his department would be “taking a sledgehammer” to the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development program. In Alaska, ...
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, ...