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| Date/Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2022 | SBA Announces New Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions | SBA Administrator Isabella Guzman announced $1.5 million for Women’s Business Centers to help train entrepreneurs ahead of the release of funds through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The fund ...Read more |
| February 1, 2022 | 2021 Construction Spending Up 8 Percent | While nonresidential construction spending in December was roughly equal to November, the month prior, it was down compared to December of 2020, according to an analysis of data published by the As ...Read more |
| January 28, 2022 | USDOT Announces $1.5b Available in RAISE Grants | USDOT has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity, or NOFO, for $1.56 billion in grants through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant prog ...Read more |
| January 26, 2022 | GSA Unveils Revamped One-Stop Shop for Contractors | The GSA says the new portal will “improve the overall experience for contractors” and makes finding and understanding “key information” about doing business with the GSA easier. “Ou ...Read more |
| January 22, 2022 | DBE program to grow from Infrastructure Law | The recently passed into law infrastructure bill specifically discusses Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) in Section 11101(e). It found that compelling reasons exist to continue the De ...Read more |
| January 14, 2022 | SDB Goal for Federal Agencies Expanded to 11% by Biden Administration | In order to increase utilization of Small-Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs), the Biden-Harris administration recently announced a set of federal procurement reforms. The White House is reques ...Read more |
| January 10, 2022 | Senators Push New Small Bizz Bailout as Omicron Surges | Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), who is the head of the Small Business Committee, is teaming up with Roger Wicker (R-MS) to push a new bill to provide additional relief to the restaurant industry and oth ...Read more |
| December 29, 2021 | USDOT Loans Texas $250m for 183N Mobility Project | The US Department of Transportation announced a 35-year, low-interest loan worth $250.29 million to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) for construction connected to the 183N Mobi ...Read more |
| December 20, 2021 | Inflation Forces Nearly Half of Small Businesses to Seek Loans | The US Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Small Business Index shows supply chain and inflation as key issues facing small businesses. While optimism is higher among small business owners than ...Read more |
| December 15, 2021 | Biden Admin Announces $8.7b for Minority Businesses | The announcement came as the pair headlined the Freedman’s Bank Forum on Tuesday. The funding comes as part of a $12 billion package pushed by VP Harris last year, called the Jobs and Neigh ...Read more |