There are many ways to kick off a weekend, and "liveblogging" a youtube video of a Congressional oversight hearing on LinkedIn is...honestly, it has got to be one of the least popular options. Still, for bizarre reasons that I cannot fully explain, this past Friday, that's what I did. The hearing was entitled "Oversight of the SBA's Women-Owned [...]
On Tuesday, after over four (4!) years, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has finally issued proposed rules that would amend the regulations for certification of woman-owned small businesses (WOSBs) and economically-disadvantaged WOSBs (EDWOSBs). Fans of government socio-economic programs may recall that the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorized three changes to the WOSB program: [...]
A new proposed rule would resolve discrepancies between the SBA Regulations found in 13 CFR 125.6 and the current implementing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause, FAR 52.219-14. When the proposed rule goes into effect, it will align the FAR clause with the SBA regulations in several areas, including the method of calculating LOS compliance, the "similarly [...]
Gather around, children, while I tell you a story about the scariest, most terrifying thing of all. Not murder, not vampires or ghosts...proposed regulatory changes. Mwa ha ha! On Halloween, the Small Business Administration published a proposed rule that would make substantial changes to Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) regulations, including rules for eligibility, certification [...]
