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The Small Business Administration, as part of the Biden administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion work, is stepping up to increase the percentage of federal contracting dollars that go to small, disadvantaged businesses.
August 16, 2021 -
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The Special Access Program Corporate Portfolio Program, begun as a pilot in 2016, became permanent last month.
January 11, 2021 -
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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.
July 24, 2020 -
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Fannie Delavelle, managing director of the World Bank Youth Summit, discusses how the World Bank is using blockchain to assist small and women-led businesses in developing nations in collecting revenue. With the distributed ledger of blockchain, businesses can eschew the middleman when making international transactions, saving profit.
July 04, 2018 -
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The U.S. Digital Service helped SBA modernize the applications to apply for government contracting programs.
May 04, 2018 -
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The proposed rule should be out for public comment in the next 30-60 days.
October 20, 2017 -
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Courtney Spaeth shares her personal journey of perseverance through hard times to become the founder and CEO of her own business development firm, Growth[period]
April 26, 2017 -
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The Small Business Administration's newest online tool promises to make it easier for businesses to apply for one of the agency's programs. The first version of the tool focuses on women-owned small businesses.
August 09, 2016 -
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What are the hot issues in small business contracting? Find out when contract attorney Steven Koprince joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. May 30, 2016
May 26, 2016 -
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SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet says her agency is spearheading several programs that make startup easier for small businesses. SBA also announced its 2016 Small Business Person of the Year award, which went to woman-owned, LGBT coffee company in California.
May 02, 2016 -
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The Small Business Administration is trying to institutionalize accountability across the government for meeting small business contracting goals as well as answer critics by increasing the amount of “eligible” procurement dollars.
March 04, 2016 -
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The Small Business Administration is reporting that agencies surpassed the 5 percent governmentwide goal of awarding contracts to women-owned small businesses in 2015 for the first time ever.
March 02, 2016 -
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Womenable CEO Julie Weeks joins host Mark Amtower to talk about her research on small business contractors and what they can do to earn more government business. September 2, 2013
September 02, 2013 -
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Womenable CEO Julie Weeks joins host Mark Amtower to talk about her research on small business contractors and what they can do to earn more government business. August 19, 2013
August 19, 2013
