The Biden administration is increasing the threshold of procurement dollars awarded by the government to small, disadvantaged businesses to 13 percent in fiscal year 2024. The Office of Management and Budget on
MoreThe Supreme Court voted 6-3 against affirmative action programs at colleges in June and some experts say the decision could put the Small Business Administration’s billions in federal contracting dollars at risk,
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The Department of Defense’s office of the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment has released a memorandum calling on DOD components to achieve small business objectives through the adoption of category management best
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The Office of Management and Budget has released a memorandum that directs federal agencies to raise the share of contract dollars awarded to small disadvantaged businesses from 11 percent in fiscal year
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The Department of Defense has honored CACI International with the Nunn-Perry Award for its support and partnership with a small disadvantaged business that specializes in software development and information technology management services.
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The Biden administration has announced several efforts to advance equity in federal procurement and new measures to broaden contracting opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The White House
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The Biden administration has issued a memorandum outlining the steps agency acquisition officers can take to meet the fiscal year 2022 goal of awarding 11 percent of total contract dollars to small
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The General Services Administration increased its goal to provide federal contracting opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses to 21 percent in fiscal year 2022, up from 5 percent in FY 2021. “This is
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The White House has announced reforms to the federal procurement process to advance equity and increase the share of federal contracts to small disadvantaged businesses (SDB). One of the proposed changes is
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Contracting opportunities for minority-owned and small businesses are likely to increase under the administration of President-elect Joe Biden given his campaign’s proposed $400 billion procurement effort. The Biden campaign’s website says the
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