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The Small Business Administration is a United States federal agency established in 1953 by the Small Business Act. The SBA is dedicated to assisting and supporting small business and entreprenuers. The SBA carries out its mission through a variety of programs including providing financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. less -

Legal Perspectives on Executive Order 14173, DEI, and the False Claims Act

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/29/2025

The Trump administration has demonstrated a commitment to enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws through novel and varied mechanisms not historically associated with enforcement of such laws, upending 60-plus years of...more

Federal Court Strikes Down Race- and Ethnicity-Based Programming Criteria

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/28/2024

On March 5, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to cease using race or ethnicity as a basis for determining access to agency programming....more

The SBA Makes Significant Changes to 8(a) Program

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/31/2023

The changes come in response to a court injunction declaring rebuttable presumption for social disadvantage unconstitutional. All pending SBA 8(a) program applications are currently suspended due to an injunction issued by...more

SBA Temporarily Halts New 8(a) Applications in Wake of Federal Court Decision

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/8/2023

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has temporarily suspended new applications to the 8(a) Business Development Program while it revises the application questionnaire in light of the recent decision from the District...more

District Court Enjoins SBA from Using Race-Based Rebuttable Presumption Under 8(a) Program

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/25/2023

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled on July 19, 2023, in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. that the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture's...more

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