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| Date/Time | Title | Description |
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| July 24, 2021 | Alameda County Officials Undertaking Disparity Study; Possible Improvements to its ELB/SLB program | Alameda County is requesting Small Businesses to participate in ...Read more |
| July 19, 2021 | HUBZone Small Biz Program is Expanding in Illinois | The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced an ex ...Read more |
| July 13, 2021 | Biden Admin. Advised on Equity by Top Contracting Association | The Professional Service Council (PSC) is a contracting association that represents more than 400 companies that do business with the federal government. The group submitted a response last week to ...Read more |
| June 25, 2021 | Many Improvements Needed in Federal Procurement Program - Report | A new report released on Tuesday sheds a lot of light on the state of the federal government’s procurement from small businesses. The report, from the Bipartisan Policy Center in partnership with ...Read more |
| June 10, 2021 | SBA Gives University of Maryland $400K for New Vet Biz Training Center | The funding is being given out from the Small Business Administration (SBA)’s Office of Veteran Business Development towards the University of Maryland’s Division of Research. It will be used t ...Read more |
| June 8, 2021 | Federal Government to Ramp Up Procurement from SDBs to Tune of $100B | As the White House Fact Sheet notes, the United States federal government “is the largest consumer of goods in the world.” By ramping up procurement from minority-owned businesses, the Biden Ad ...Read more |
| June 3, 2021 | Boston Allocates Funding to Help M/WBE & Veteran Firms to Compete for Gov't Contracts | A recent disparity study has revealed the deficiency in the amount of contracts for Black-owned, Women-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses in Boston. Acting Mayor Kim Janey has announced a $2 milli ...Read more |
| June 1, 2021 | Veteran Slams SBA’s EIDL Program, Wants to Talk to Manager | This is a topic we at Contractor News have been monitoring for some time as small businesses owners on social media have tried to use what little voice they have to sound the alarm about the SBA’ ...Read more |
| May 13, 2021 | SBA Chief Guzman Sued as New Restaurant Fund Numbers Are Unveiled | Isabella Guzman, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, is targeted by a lawsuit from a conservative group over a 21-day exclusive period for disadvantaged businesses in the new Re ...Read more |
| May 7, 2021 | Are Authorities Doing Enough to Prevent DBE Fraud? | Last month, an investigation by Boston’s local National Public Radio affiliate GBH uncovered fraud by Gilbane / Hunt, the construction manager of a minor league baseball park in Worcester, Massac ...Read more |