Small Business Administration

Joni Ernst

GOP lawmakers demand SBA postpone IT upgrades amid year-end contract spending surge

Lawmakers say taking SBA’s certification portal offline in the final months of fiscal 2024 would cause problems for firms with year-end contracting deadlines.

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Early-career federal job openings seeing ‘renewed and increased’ interest, OPM’s Shriver says

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Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

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CMMC is coming, but concerns for small businesses persist under revamped rule

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GOP senators seek IG review to see if SBA office space remains underutilized

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Sen. Ernst hopeful about fixes to small business contracting

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NASA names new small business programs director

NASA names new small business programs director.

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OFPP expands small business ‘rule of two’ to multiple award contracts

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a new memo outlining several specific steps for how agencies can increase the number of small business…

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How many federal manufacturing contracts actually go to small business anyhow?

If the government needs something made, it is supposed to look for a small business to make it. If no small business exists, an agency can get a waiver from the Small Business Administration to have it made by any domestic company. But there is a problem with waivers.

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