ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska Native leaders and members of Congress are pushing back after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sharply criticized 8(a) contracts, calling them a vehicle for “DEI” and ...
The Small Business Administration has started the process to get rid of 154 small companies from the 8(a) program. SBA sent letters to companies based on their answers to the data call the agency ...
A federal agency is suspending government contracts awarded to more than 1,000 small businesses facing systemic barriers. Amid misinformation about tribal participation in the program, Cherokee Nation ...
The Small Business Administration plans to terminate 154 8(a) small businesses from the program for failing to meet the “economic disadvantage” requirements to be eligible. SBA has sent letters to the ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) sent a letter to 154 Washington, D.C.-based 8(a) firms initiating termination proceedings after an ...
The two senators are leading a bipartisan push to protect the SBA’s 8(a) program amid the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to eliminate DEI initiatives. Hawaiʻi U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is ...
WASHINGTON (KTUU) - Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski led a hearing Tuesday morning examining federal contracts that have played a significant role in Alaska’s economy — contracts now targeted by the Trump ...
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 ...
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