Opinion

If, Then: 2026's key pathways, questions and scenarios for GovCon

The covers are off for edition number six of this annual exercise to start a new year by looking at major signposts and the directions they point us to.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Contracts

SBA orders 8(a) companies to turn over financial records

The Small Business Administration says not complying with this directive could result in removal from the 8(a) program entirely, plus “further investigative or remedial actions.”

  • By Ross Wilkers
Companies

SBA probing 8(a) fraud allegations at tribal-owned contractor

ATI Government Solutions and the Susanville Indian Rancheria tribe are suspended from federal business activities pending the probe’s completion and findings.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Contracts

SBA to audit 8(a) contracting program

The Small Business Administration cites the guilty pleas of a former contracting officer and industry executives in a decades-long bribery scheme.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Companies

DOT, SBA and others team up to attract new entrants to the federal market

A new interagency collaboration to promote opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses featured in the new infrastructure bill is "vital" to federal equity goals, officials said.

  • By Chris Riotta, FCW
Contracts

Small business contract awards hit record $154B

But fewer of those companies are entering the federal market or competing for the work, the Small Business Administration says.

  • By Chris Riotta, FCW

GAO: Agencies are missing EIS targets

Federal agencies are slow to adopt the governmentwide $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract vehicle, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

  • By Mark Rockwell

White House pushes small buys for small business

Administration puts more emphasis on increasing contracts with small businesses.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Advocacy Office launches research website

The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy launched a website to help companies with their business research.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

SBA's new size limits yield mixed reviews

Organizations, legislators react to new SBA policy on increasing small business size limits.

  • By Washington Technology staff

New bills aim to strengthen small-biz contracting

The House Small Business Committee continues to propose legislation aimed at helping small firms do federal business.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

SBA proposals could make small-biz credit easier to get

Changes in rules would help agencies meet subcontracting goals.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Senators push reforms for small-business contracting

Tougher fraud penalties and an extension for HUBzone businesses among the proposals.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

SBA adds vets, women to mentor-protégé program

The Small Business Administration wants more firms participating in its mentor-protégé program beyond 8(a) companies.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Obama wants small businesses paid in 15 days

The faster payments will give small businesses more confidence in cash flow, officials say.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Living in the limelight

Thanks, in part, to the limelight that procurement spending is getting nowadays, small businesses received the largest two-year increase in contracts in more than a decade.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Senators, SBA dispute accuracy of small-business credit

Senators question whether small-business contracting goals are an "empty achievement."

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Small-biz efforts slammed in WT poll

Reader's give barely passing grades to the federal government's small business efforts.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Government gets a B in 2010 small-business contracting

The government awarded $97.9 billion to small businesses in 2010, compared to $96.8 billion in 2009.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Alaska natives defend set-aside program before Senate committee

Advocates say the program is successing and building businesses, which doesn't mean the program should end.

  • By Matthew Weigelt
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