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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

The Company You Keep: FCA Investigations of 8(a) Program Contractors

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/12/2024

Federal government contracts are routinely awarded to companies supplying goods and services to U.S. government agencies. According to the Government Accountability Office, in 2023, the federal government committed about $759...more

SBA Proposes Merging 8(a) and All Small Mentor-Protégé Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/15/2019

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a proposed rule “to merge the 8(a) Business (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program to eliminate confusion and remove unnecessary...more

Meeting the Definition of a Small Business Concern Checklist

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/24/2018

A Checklist for existing or prospective federal government contractors to determine whether they can meet the definition of a small business concern (SBC) under the Small Business Act (SBA). This Checklist includes the...more

The VA Proposes Placing Responsibility for Issuing Eligibility Regulations with SBA

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/29/2018

This is the first blog post by Holland & Knight’s newest government contracts attorney; Mitchell Bashur. Mitchell focuses his practice on government contracts and has extensive experience with protests, small and...more

New CVE Guidance on Joint Ventures and Mentor-Protégé Relationships

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/18/2017

Earlier this month, the VA’s Center for Verification and Evaluation (“CVE”) published a new VA Verification Assistance Brief, Understanding Joint Venture and Mentor-Protégé Agreement Eligibility (“Assistance Brief”). The...more

Small Businesses, Big Opportunities – Recent SBA Expansion of the Mentor-Protégé Program

Williams Mullen on 8/9/2016

Effective August 24, 2016, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) will fulfill the mandates of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA 2013”), which...more

VA Proposes Significant Changes to Its VOSB/SDVOSB Verification Program

PilieroMazza PLLC on 11/16/2015

On November 6, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a proposed rule amending its regulations governing the VA’s verification program for veteran owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran owned...more

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