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… General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), issued a Statement for the Record before the U.S. Senate, Committee …

… 16, 2016, SBA Inspector General Peggy E. Gustafson issued a Statement for the Record before the U.S. House of …

… makes the American dream of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small … need to start or expand their businesses or recover from a declared disaster. The SBA delivers services through an …

… 2021, SBA officials made program changes, which SBA called a “program refresh,” to accelerate application processing and … with each eligibility requirement, switching instead to a manual checklist. SBA staff were instructed to presume applicant assertions to be true unless a clear indication of fraud was present. SBA also placed a …

… navigate the SBIR program. The site provides users with a mobile-compatible site to learn about the program through a combination of videos and text. This platform will provide … from across the federal government, providing them in a format easily accessible on mobile devices, while allowing …

… – Smart phone users interested in starting or growing a small business can now find helpful resources at their fingertips via a new SBA mobile application from the U.S. Small Business … and is another example of the steps we are taking to do a better job of connecting entrepreneurs and small business …

… the launch of two new educational modules . Ascent is a digital platform comprised of targeted education modules, … called Journeys, that gives small business owners 24/7 access to critical information backed by research and … into the contracting space. Business recovery is also a valuable tool in the learning platform, which continues to …

… the launch of two new educational modules . Ascent is a digital platform comprised of targeted education modules, … called Journeys, that gives small business owners 24/7 access to critical information backed by research and … into the contracting space. Business recovery is also a valuable tool in the learning platform, which continues to …

… investments. These issues require immediate attention as a strong IT governance framework enables the agency to …

… to aspiring and existing veteran small business owners as a  Veterans Business Outreach Center  (VBOC).  The new … via the  Boots to Business entrepreneurship program, a key component of the Department of Defense’s Transition … and Puerto Rico, and  organizations anywhere may apply for a portion of the total $1.1 million in funding available for …

… topics. Summer school doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Check out one of the many available resources on the SBA Learning Platform. Learning Center: A comprehensive list of online lessons awaits at the SBA … are past that stage, learn how to turn your business into a reality. The Learning Center is ideal for continuous …

… forward,” SBA Acting Administrator Chris Pilkerton said. “A National Small Business Week award is one of the nation’s … highest honors for small business achievement. Please take a moment to visit sba.gov/nsbw  to nominate a deserving small … must be submitted no later than 3 p.m. EST, Jan. 7, 2020.  All nomination packages must be hand delivered or …

… review of size standards in 2019, SBA established a detailed Size Standards Methodology White Paper explaining …

… – The U.S. Small Business Administration today issued a direct final rule that will allow governors to petition the … to designate HUBZone status to certain covered areas.  A covered area is an area in a state that is located outside of an urbanized area, as …

… – The U.S. Small Business Administration today issued a final rule that will implement changes to the Historically … from both small businesses contemplating an investment in a designated HUBZone, as well as government agencies which … and Residency Requirements An employee who resided in a HUBZone for at least six months at the time of …

… The SBA Issues a Final Rule to Adopt NAICS 2022 for Small Business Size … and 29 parts of two industries under NAICS 2017, a decrease to size standards for seven industries and 53 parts of two industries, a change in the size standard measure from average annual …

… The SBA Issues a Final Rule to Adopt NAICS 2017 for Small Business Size … for six NAICS 2012 industries and part of one industry, a decrease to size standards for two, a change in the size standards measure from average annual …

… The SBA issues a final rule on increases to monetary size standards for … of the new alternative size standard for the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 loan programs that was established under the Jobs …

… The SBA issues a final rule to adopt increases to the alternative size … The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a final rule to adopt, without change, its July 28, 2023 … the current statutory alternative size standard for its 7(a) Business and Certified Development Company (CDC/504) …