SBA Issues and Legislative Initiatives

By and large the SBA scorecard represents a very strong performance by the Federal Government in awarding contracts to small business.

How the GAO based a current contracting decision on a prime’s past subcontracting performance. Guest post by Steven Koprince of SmallGovCon.

My thoughts about the proposed change to make the DoD mentor-protégé program permanent and applied to other small businesses.

In this guest post, Alex Levine, Associate, PilieroMazza PLLC, reviews the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) recent announcement of its intent to request a 10-year extension of its mentor-protégé program.

The GAO released a report citing several important concerns about the WOSB Program. Steven Koprince summarizes the issues in this guest post.

Shelley Hall explains how NDAA 2013 amended the Small Business Act to favor women-owned small businesses, and economically-disadvantaged WOSBs.

Did the government deserve an A on the FY 2013 Procurement Scorecard? Guest blogger Steven Koprince weighs in.

Inflation can give an unfair perception that a business has outgrown its size standards. Luckily SBA recognizes and is addressing this.

I’m not sure the government realizes the impact that delays or cancellations have on federal contractors, especially small businesses.