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Small business, SBA, contracting — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks during a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress

First Look Ernst presses SBA for details of 7(a) lender approval

SBA approved the American Lending Center as a non-federally regulated lender in its 7(a)-loan program in September.

Congress

GOP senators, SBA butt heads over disaster loan funding

Big Data

Better data, analysis gives SBA new optimism to recoup smaller COVID loans

Contracting

Agencies making ‘substantial progress’ toward higher small, disadvantaged contracting goal

Contracting

Biden administration rolls out tools to reverse shrinking pool of small firms getting federal contracts

Contracting

SBA takes over certifying vet-owned small business from VA under NDAA requirement

Contracting

Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time high

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to consider her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration on Capitol Hill, in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)

People

New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19

An inner perimeter anti-scaling fence is around the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

People

Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead small biz agency

Marty Walsh

People

Boston mayor, RI governor among Biden adds to economic team