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| Date/Time | Title | Description |
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| December 1, 2020 | Rep. Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) Introduces VETs Act to Help Veteran-Owned Businesses Thrive | On Veterans Day, U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) introduced the Veteran Entrepreneurial Talents Act (VETs). The VETs Act raises the federal government contracting goal for servi ...Read more |
| December 4, 2020 | Congress Weighs Watered-Down Stimulus, as New PPP Failures Revealed | This week, new flaws in the Payment Protection Program (PPP) have come to light thanks to a lawsuit forcing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to release troves of data on the program. Meanwhi ...Read more |
| December 3, 2020 | Washington Insiders Took Full Advantage of PPP Loan Program | Federal efforts to bail out small businesses have done a lot of good. But is everyone receiving funds actually a small business? We are closer to answers now that the Treasury Department ...Read more |
| October 3, 2020 | Joe Biden’s $400 Billion Procurement Plan | President-elect Joe Biden has just started rolling out announcements of key positions in his cabinet. While there is still no word on who will lead the Small Business Administration, his campaign m ...Read more |
| August 22, 2020 | Team Biden Releases Plan For Women Owned Businesses | Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a plan in late July entitled “The Biden Agenda for Women.” It contains, among other agenda points, a plan to “improve econo ...Read more |
| November 6, 2020 | The Small Business Association’s PPP Program Vulnerable to Fraud, GAO Warns as Arrests Roll In | A new report from the Government Accountability Office on June 25 found that in a rush to disburse funds, the Small Business Administration (SBA) allowed private lenders to “rely on borrower cert ...Read more |
| October 18, 2020 | Left for Dead?: Are Minority-Owned Businesses Getting the Covid Relief They Need? | The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Small Business Administration (SBA) has not released an assessment on whether minority and other underserved businesses are getting the relief they ...Read more |