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As PilieroMazza outlined on December 17, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued its highly-anticipated final rule (Rule) in response to its August 2024 proposed rule and the hundreds of public comments....more
On December 17, the Small Business Administration issued a final rule that makes significant changes to the agency’s small business 8(a) and HUBZone programs. These generally extend the changes the SBA initially proposed in...more
As PilieroMazza noted recently, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a major proposed rulemaking that will impact government contractors, including those that are participants in or seeking to be admitted to the...more
On April 27th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a final rule making changes to the regulations governing the 8(a) program. This final rule is SBA’s implementation of the proposed rules issued by the...more
On May 30, 2023, the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Final Rule on Ownership and Control and Contractual Assistance Requirements for the 8(a) Business Development Program (the “Final Rule”) became effective. The Final...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued its final rule on April 27, 2023, implementing several changes to the ownership and control requirements for the 8(a) Business Development program. The final rule also...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a public report on the SBA’s All Small Mentor-Protégé Program (ASMPP), in which the SBA OIG found certain shortcomings in the SBA’s...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a long-awaited final rule establishing a new, expanded mentor-protégé program that will allow all types of small businesses to qualify as protégés, while retaining, but slightly...more