Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will take aim at a contracting program that's become a critical part of the ...

U.S. Rep. Ed Case is walking a thin line between his longstanding concerns about the SBA program and his desire not to join ...

The Small Business Administration is giving 8(a) companies, which failed to meet its deadline to submit financial data, 45 days to appeal their suspension.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks over the weekend are latest in the Trump administration’s criticisms of the 8(a) ...

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.

On January 16, 2026, the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted a video on social media announcing that the Department of War ...

On December 5, 2025, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a program-wide data call (Data Call) to all 8(a) Business Development ...

The reviews will start with sole-source contracts, which accounted for $9.7 billion of DOD’s 8 (a) awards in the government's ...

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

“We’re actually taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on the social media site X recently. “A program that few people ...

An ongoing review by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for fraud and abuse involving a key federal program could impact a number of local businesses that are beneficiaries of the ...