(SDVOSB News Services) -- Washington, DC, December 7, 2012 The Small Business Administration (SBA) today reported on the progress made during 2012 on the President’s Interagency Task Force on Veterans Business Development. The Task Force, chaired by SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns, included … [Read more...]
Uncertainty Leads to Decline in Small Business Loans in 2011 According to SBA
The SBA Office of Advocacy released their annual study of Small Business Lending in the United States and the study found that overall lending and borrowing by financial depository institutions and small businesses in 2011 declined from the prior year. The study found that although business lending … [Read more...]
SBA Launches ‘Operation Boots to Business’
Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup to Help Them Start Businesses and Create Jobs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has joined with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to launch a training program for transitioning … [Read more...]
Women-Owned Firms Win Top Honors for Excellence in Small Business Contracting
WASHINGTON – Two women-owned small business contractors, one a general construction firm from New Mexico and the other a project management services company from Tennessee, have been named the National Prime Contractor of the Year and National Subcontractor of the Year by the U.S. Small Business … [Read more...]
SBA Seeks Nominations for 2011 National Small Business Awards
The U.S. Small Business Administration is now accepting nominations for its 2011 National Small Business Week Awards. Each year, since 1963, SBA’s Small Business Week Awards have recognized outstanding individuals from America’s small business community for their achievements and contributions to … [Read more...]
SBA finalizes women’s small business contracting program
The Small Business Administration finally has started to implement a contracting program for women who own small firms, one decade after Congress first authorized it. On Monday (Oct 4, 2010), SBA filed a final rule creating the long-awaited procurement program, which focuses on 83 industries in … [Read more...]
SBA’s Patriot Express Loan Initiative Delivers Nearly $500 Million to 6,000 Vets and Military Community
The SBA issued the following press release on July 1st: Washington, DC - In just three years’ time, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative has supported nearly $500 million in Patriot Express loans to small businesses owned and operated by veterans, … [Read more...]
SBA Adds Eight New Veterans Business Outreach Centers to Assist Veteran Entrepreneurs
The SBA will be offering Veterans in business and those considering getting into business support and services in eight new markets: State University of New Jersey - Newark, New Jersey Old Dominion University - Norfolk, Virginia University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, … [Read more...]
SBA to Revise Format for Small Business Procurement Scorecard
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is revising the format of the annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard to provide more clarity and transparency on the federal government’s performance in meeting its small business contracting goals. The revised scorecard will be based on an A … [Read more...]
Federal court gives HUBZone program priority
This article on Mar 9th in Federal Computer Week has the GovCon industry abuzz about the potential ramifications... Federal Court Gives HUBZone Program Priority The Small Business Act makes it mandatory, not optional, to give HUBZone companies a preference over other small businesses, a judge … [Read more...]
SBA Advocacy Efforts under the Regulatory Flexibility Act Saved Small Businesses $7 Billion in FY 2009
Advocacy Efforts under the Regulatory Flexibility Act Saved Small Businesses $7 Billion in FY 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small businesses realized $7 billion in first-year cost savings and $745 million in annually recurring savings as a result of fiscal year (FY) 2009 efforts to help agencies comply … [Read more...]
Proposed budget increases SBA funding by more than 20 percent
Proposed Budget Increases SBA funding by more than 20 percent WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 - Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today praised the Small Business Administration (SBA) components of President Obama's budget proposal. For the second year … [Read more...]