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Loeffler outlines SBA reforms, signals changes to 8(a) program

Loeffler outlines SBA reforms, signals changes to 8(a) program

Kelly Loeffler, former senator and President Trump’s nominee for SBA administrator, pledged significant reforms to the agency, including a review of its financial stability, lending programs, and diversity initiatives, reports the Washington Business Journal. During her Senate confirmation hearing, Loeffler emphasized addressing rising defaults in the 7(a) loan

Horizon Cutting-room Links: Friday, 31 January 2025

Horizon Cutting-room Links: Friday, 31 January 2025

"Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them," Upshot, New York Times "A list of all those programs, identified by the Office of Management and Budget for examination to ensure they do not “advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal

WV Senator Jim Justice commutes to DCA by private jet

WV Senator Jim Justice commutes to DCA by private jet

Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) flies to DCA for work each day by private jet, reports View from the Wing, despite financial troubles that have left him with a reported negative net worth. Justice’s Cessna Citation V shuttles between Greenbrier Valley Airport and Washington National Airport (DCA), the latter with

Mission Analytics, LLC (B-423165)

Mission Analytics, LLC (B-423165)

You should not care. Category: Corrective action Date: 28 January 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423165 Mission Analytics, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, protested VA's proposed corrective action on an RFQ for video display monitors. The agency initially awarded the contract to Aviate Enterprises, Inc.

Trump admin moves to reclassify federal workers under Schedule Policy/Career, fka F

Trump admin moves to reclassify federal workers under Schedule Policy/Career, fka F

OPM issued guidance to federal agencies on implementing President Trump’s executive order reinstating and modifying Schedule F—now renamed Schedule Policy/Career—which could remove civil service protections from thousands of federal employees in policy-related positions. Agencies have until April 20, 2025, to submit initial petitions for reclassification, setting

New FAR size-status rules go final

New FAR size-status rules go final

The FAR Council finalized its rule with new size and socioeconomic rerepresentation requirements for contractors under multiple-award IDIQ contracts, which we'll call MACs, here. These changes, effective 17 January 2025 align with SBA guidance and could pose challenges for small businesses that anticipate outgrowing size standards via organic

Horizon Cutting-room Links: Wednesday, 29 January 2025

Horizon Cutting-room Links: Wednesday, 29 January 2025

"Booz Allen, Lockheed and other defense contractors scrap DEI programs following Trump executive order," Washington Business Journal "Reston-based Peraton said Tuesday its chief DEI officer since 2021, Laila Salguero, has left the company ... and a link to Peraton’s DEI page now directs users to a general