women-owned small businesses

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Ben Cardin

Senate pulls SBIR back from brink of sunsetting

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced and the full body passed the SBIR and STTR Extension…

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Ben Cardin, Delali Dzirasa

This team of business coaches aims to enlarge the field of minority federal contractors

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SBA working to reform category management, reverse decline in small business contractors

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3 upcoming contracts women-owned small businesses should know about

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How the boost in federal contracting with small and disadvantaged businesses will actually happen

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SBA sees Biden executive orders as opportunity to increase equity in small business contracts

The Small Business Administration, as part of the Biden administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion work, is stepping up to increase the percentage…

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DoD stands up permanent program to give vendors access to top-tier secrets

The Special Access Program Corporate Portfolio Program, begun as a pilot in 2016, became permanent last month.

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SBA

SBA looks to tighten up certification process for women-owned small businesses

Following a 2015 mandate from Congress, SBA will end its self-certification process for women-owned small businesses on October 15. This comes after the agency’s inspector general found contract awards were going to vendors that didn’t meet the criteria for the program.

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