SBA boots 628 more companies from 8(a) program

Total termination actions now represent 18% of the small business contracting program as the Trump administration's crackdown continues.

The Small Business Administration has removed 628 more companies from the 8(a) program because the agency says they did not comply with an order to turn in three years’ worth of financial data.

SBA requested the information from all 4,300 8(a) companies in December as part of its campaign to remove what the agency considers illegal diversity, equity and inclusion practices. SBA is also scrutinizing pass-through work at 8(a) companies.

This new set of 628 was part of a group of 1,091 companies that SBA suspended from the 8(a) program in January because they did not provide the data by the initial Jan. 5 deadline. SBA said at the time that the portal for submitting the data would remain open until Feb. 19.

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