The Defense Department is joining several other agencies in a top-to-bottom review of 8(a) small business contracts. In a video posted Friday to X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the department ...

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, ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on January 22, 2026, issued a press release and formal guidance related to the 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program). The 8(a) Program provides ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes ...

Just two days after the 8(a) BD Program’s Jan. 19, 2026 Data‑Call deadline, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) began issuing Notices of Suspension to over 1,000 of the 4,300 current 8(a) ...

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 ...

With little fanfare, the Small Business Administration has suspended at least 1,000 contractors from the 8(a) program because they failed to submit data that SBA requested a month earlier. SBA said in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday the Pentagon is launching a sweeping crackdown on a little-known federal contracting program he said has become a breeding ground for waste, fraud, and ...