This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program has long served as one ...

Companies in the 8(a) small business contracting program are facing unprecedented pressure as the Trump administration paints it as rife with corruption and a bastion of illegal diversity, equity, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Jan. 16 lambasted a decades-old contracting program that provides business opportunities for ...

Secretary of War Hegseth announced that his department is "taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government—the 8(a) program." (Source: X @SecWar) On January 16, 2026, ...

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski used her chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to defend the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, which she and a small bipartisan group of ...

Total termination actions now represent 18% of the small business contracting program as the Trump administration's crackdown continues. The Small Business Administration has removed 628 more ...

Workers at The Forge, an advanced manufacturing facility at the Army's Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, during a recent visit from Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Michael ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Small Business Administration has removed 628 more companies from the 8(a) program because the agency says they did not comply with ...