War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is reviewing the SBA 8(a) program to curb fraud in defense contracting.

On January 16, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Department of War will be conducting a comprehensive review of contracts awarded under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) ...

The Small Business Administration is giving 8(a) companies, which failed to meet its deadline to submit financial data, 45 ...

Program is shrinking as compliance rules reshape who can access federal contracts, raising questions about opportunity and ...

"The only companies getting $20M sole source awards.. are Alaska Native corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, tribally-owned organizations," Murphy said.

There is question if the administration will simply remove contracts from the program, or potentially move to end the program ...

According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), the program provides eligible small businesses with access to ...

In a memorandum dated January 16, 2026, the Department of Defense (DoD) has directed a department-wide review of every small ...

The reviews will start with sole-source contracts, which accounted for $9.7 billion of DOD’s 8 (a) awards in the government's ...

On January 16, 2026, Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth issued a directive to all Department of Defense agencies and departments to review all ...

Until recently, the Air Force struggled to meet SBA “negotiated” small business goals (SBA Agency Small Business Contracts Data), but there have been steady improvements due to a number of factors, ...