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| March 25, 2022 | GSA Announces Four-Fold Increase to SDB Goals for Federal Contracts | On Thursday, the General Services Administration, or GSA, announced they would increase procurement goals for Small Disadvantaged Businesses from 5 percent to 21 percent. “This is an ambiti ...Read more |
| March 19, 2022 | New Ohio Law Reduces Barriers for M/W/VBEs | Ohio has been taking a more proactive approach in getting businesses from historically marginalized communities involved in more public works contracts and procurement. On March 2, 2022 the s ...Read more |
| February 25, 2022 | TriMark USA to Pay $48.5M for Fraudulently Procuring Disabled Vet Contracts | On Wednesday, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, Vanessa Waldref, and Carla Freeman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that ...Read more |
| February 23, 2022 | SBA Administrator Guzman Visits Navajo Nation to Talk Infrastructure | Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and other tribal officials met with the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) leader in Window Rock, Arizona, the tribe’s capital, on Tuesday. Guzman visite ...Read more |
| February 16, 2022 | Biden Administration Announces New Actions on Clean Manufacturing | These actions include low-carbon steel and aluminum production for electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, and the clean concrete needed to upgrade transportation infrastructure. American f ...Read more |
| February 13, 2022 | Experts Predict $120b in Infrastructure Bill Fraud | The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package is set to send large sums to states and local governments for bridges, broadband, roads, and other projects, but with such large figures comes an equally la ...Read more |
| February 12, 2022 | Contracting Innovation Bill Sent to Biden’s Desk For Signing | The Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies for Federal Procurement and Acquisitions Act of 2021 (PRICE), aims to increase small businesses’ involvement in contracting. PRICE would en ...Read more |
| January 30, 2022 | Pennsylvania spending on SDB and VBE firms increases by 30% | Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced that his administration had $856 million in state contract spending for fiscal year 2020-2021 with small, diverse and veteran-owned businesses. Th ...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 25, 2022 | New Mexico Bill Would Add Native American Preference in Procurement | New Mexico Democratic Senators Benny Shendo and Jemez Pueblo are sponsoring legislation that would increase the bidding preference for businesses based in New Mexico from five percent to eight perc ...Read more |