Small Business News
- SmallGovCon Week in Review: August 31- September 4 September 4, 2026Happy September! We’ve kicked off the month with some very hot days here, but we know the seasons will soon change and cooler fall weather will be here before we know it. We hope you enjoy the long holiday weekend and have plenty of time to relax and spend time with friends and family. Have […]Shane McCall
- SBA Proposes Monumental Changes to Small Business Size Standards (Part 2) September 4, 2026As we discussed last week, on August 19, 2026, SBA proposed what can only be described as a complete shift in the paradigm of the small business size standards. In the first part of our review of these changes, we looked at the actual planned size standards themselves and how massive of a jump they […]John Holtz
- Breaking: SBA Releases Guidance on 8(a) Social Disadvantage September 3, 2026On August 28, SBA released an 8(a) Social Disadvantage Regulation list of Frequently Asked Questions. This guidance provides more details to implement SBA’s final rule to revamp the social disadvantage rule for the 8(a) Program that will become effective on September 10. Here are some key points from this guidance. Background The final rule was […]Shane McCall
- Free Webinar! SBA Mentor-Protégé Programs, September 16, hosted by El Paso APEX Accelerators September 2, 2026Touted as a “game-changer” when it was first introduced in 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s All Small Mentor-Protégé Program isn’t new anymore. Known now as simply the “SBA Mentor-Protégé Program,” it is still extremely useful for large and small contractors alike. Government contracts attorney and SmallGovCon contributor, Gregory Weber, will explain the ins and […]Shane McCall