September 24, 2023
The number and share of SBA-backed 7(a) and 504 loans going to Black-Owned businesses more than doubled since 2020 Published on September 21, 2023 WASHINGTON – Administrator Isabella […]
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- OASIS+ small biz award process moves to 8(a) selections
- other rail projects
- Out Of Distress
- Parsons Wins Spot on $200M GSA Construction Management Contract
- perjury
- PG County FY21 Budget Public Hearing
- PGC SDDD 8th Annual Prince George’s County Supplier Appreciation Night
- PGCPS P3 Construction Matchmaking Event for Prime and Subcontractors
- Plan to revitalize downtown DC would cost $400 million
- Planning
- Port Relief And Housing Bills
- Post-Schar School poll finds
- Power Connections Multi-Chamber Networking Breakfast - HOST - Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce
- Pr. George’s County Council member Mel Franklin resigns
- Pr. George’s lawmakers approve $5.4 billion budget amid funding shortfalls
- Prime and Subcontractor Vendor Networking Event
- Prince George's County
- Prince George's County Government Certification Training
- Prince George's County Government Minority Construction Industry Day
- Prince George's County Grand Slam Land Preview Event
- Prince George’s Co. considers tying minimum wage to inflation
- Prince George’s Co. passed new restrictions on cannabis dispensaries — but how long will it last?
- Prince George’s County Construction Program Opportunity
- Prince George’s County Procurement Event
- Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP) Summit 2021
- Procurement Fair
- Procurement Fair THURSDAY
- procurement needs a better dashboard
- Procurement Opportunity Outreach Session presented by MGM National Harbor and Prince George's County Council
- Procurement Workshop Focuses on Assisting Small
- Proposal window opens for $1.5B DOD CIO IT recompete
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- Push to bring casino to Fairfax Co. may be set back a year after subcommittee recommendation
- R&D-Focused Small Businesses
- R&D-Focused Small Businesses and Startups
- Ready
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- Rent Control
- Reorganizing government acquisition for the digital age
- Resources and Financial Management for Businesses
- Returning Citizens Empowered to Start and Grow Businesses Under Proposed Rule
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- SAME DC & NoVA Posts: 2024 Small Business Conference
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- SBA Administrator Guzman and Business Leaders Reaffirm Support for 8(a) Program
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $20M in Grants for States to Boost Small Business Exports
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $7 Million in PRIME Grants to Serve Low-Income Microentrepreneurs
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $8 Million in PRIME Grants to Help Micro-Entrepreneurs
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces Agreement with Indian Government to Promote American Small Businesses Internationally
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces Working Capital Pilot Now Accepting Applications at Participating SBA Lenders
- SBA Administrator Guzman Celebrates Anniversary of Women’s Business Ownership Act
- SBA Administrator Guzman Highlights Record Federal Contracting Certifications in FY24
- SBA Administrator Guzman Releases Statement on the Reopening of the 8(a) Application Portal
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- SBA Announces 14 New Awards for Regional Innovation Cluster Network to Drive Nationwide Small Business Growth
- SBA Announces 15 Appointees to New Invention
- SBA Announces Biden-Harris Administration’s Progress in Small Business Lending with End-of-Year Capital Program Numbers
- SBA Announces Empower to Grow
- SBA Announces Extension of Moratorium on 8(a) Eligibility Requirement
- SBA Announces Extension of Moratorium on 8(a) Eligibility Requirement for Small Disadvantaged Businesses
- SBA Announces Funding Awards to Three Organizations to Provide Women Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Programs
- SBA Announces Funding Competition to Organizations Providing Entrepreneurship Training to Women Veterans
- SBA Announces National Small Business Week Virtual Summit Schedule
- SBA Announces New Solicitation to Expand Funding for Regional Innovation Cluster Network
- SBA Announces Over $3 Million in Awards to Advance Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for STEM
- SBA Announces Over $5 Million in Awards to Support STEM
- SBA Announces SBA Lender Fees for Fiscal Year 2025
- SBA Awards $3 Million in Cybersecurity Pilot Program Grants
- SBA Awards $9M in Grants to 49 Organizations Across America to Help Underserved Communities Access Development Funding and Innovative Research
- SBA Baltimore: 8(a) Business Development Program Information Session
- SBA Data Show Major Increase in Loans to Black-Owned Businesses under Biden-Harris
- SBA Dedicates $20 Million to New Small Business Export Growth
- SBA Exhausts Funds for New Disaster Loans
- SBA Holds National Hearing on Promoting Level Playing Field in Government Contracting
- SBA Hosts National SBIR Week to Connect Technology Innovators & Entrepreneurs with Research Funding
- SBA Invests Over $1 Million to Expand Support for Veteran Entrepreneurs
- SBA Launches Digital Hub to Connect Small Businesses with Major Funding in President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
- SBA Launches Enhanced Lender Match Platform
- SBA Marks One-Year Anniversary of Veteran Small Business Certification Program
- SBA Opens Application Window for Cyber Prize Competition
- SBA Recognizes 2024 Government Contractors and 8(a) Graduate of the Year
- SBA Releases Interim Guidance to 8(a) Program Participants in Light of Lower Court Ruling
- SBA Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Exceeding Small Disadvantaged Business Contracting Goal
- SBA Surety Program Notches Best Year in 25 Years
- SBA to Kick off Season of Small Business™ with Small Business Saturday®
- SBA Trains 200
- SBA Unveils Guest Lineup for Small Business Cyber Summit
- SBA Unveils Updated Equity Action Plan to Advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Commitment to Investing in Equity
- SBA Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees Set to Host Quarterly Public Meetings on June 5 and 6
- SBA Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees Set to Host Quarterly Public Meetings on Sept. 10 and 12
- SBA Women's Business Summit
- Sept. 14
- Sept. 2
- SEPTEMBER 26
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- Sev1Tech Wins $45M Navy Contract for Logistics IT Support
- Short Sales Begin To Hit The Office Market
- Silver Spring
- Six charged with conspiring to defraud agencies with IT-contracting schemes
- SLBE
- Small biz owners scale back their office space or go remote altogether. Some move to the suburbs
- Small Business Administration Announces Further Action to Help PPP and COVID EIDL Borrowers
- Small Business Administration offers $30 million in grant funding to Women’s Business Centers
- Small Business Confidence
- Small business disaster loan program said to be in danger of running out of funds by end of month
- Small Business Evening of Networking
- Small Business Resource Day by Prince George's County Gov't Supplier Development and Diversity Division
- Small businesses could find filing for bankruptcy more difficult as government program expires
- Small Dollar Lending and Lending to Underserved Entrepreneurs Continues to Rise as a Record 19 Million New Business Applications Filed Under Biden-Harris Administration
- Soaring Higher And Supporting The Next Generation: Meet 22 Women Leading D.C.'s Real Estate Industry
- some are stinking mad that it’s not being picked up
- Soon
- Southern Maryland Minority Business Expo
- Sports betting in Maryland sets a record; exceeds state expectations
- Sports betting is soaking ‘financially constrained’ households
- spur American innovation
- State Department developing contract for Colombia's police force
- State Procurement 101 / Adquisición Estatal - Live Webinar
- Summer pause: Small business sales growth tapers in June as consumers take a breather on spending
- Supreme Court rejects bid to gut federal agency
- Survive and Thrive
- SYNERGY BWI: A BUSINESS NETWORKING & CAREER FAIR INVITATION
- T-Rex Solutions Wins $52M Education Department Contract
- Tap Into Business at WSSC Water!
- Tax changes small business owners should be aware of as the tax deadline looms
- Technology Modernization Fund seeking proposals for Artificial Intelligence projects
- TEDCO's Inaugural Tech Fair
- The Baltimore County Public Schools Meet The Primes 14th Annual Meet & Greet
- The Chamber Leadership Alliance (CLA) is proud to present you a Chamber Leadership Development Program in Oxon Hill
- The coming cyber reckoning for federal contractors
- The Department of General Services (DGS) Contracting and Procurement Division is hosting a DGS Compliance Town hall Meeting for DC Vendors to review DC Law & Regulations
- THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPO
- the fines for bad behavior will be going up in Prince George’s County
- The Governor's Office of Small
- The Green Book is a guide designed to help County businesses identify potential procurement opportunities
- The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
- The larger the nonprofit
- The Lerners Aren’t Selling The Nats
- The Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MDHCC) Holiday Cocktail Event!
- The Metro Procurement Fair
- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Presents: Meet the Primes Networking Event
- The Montgomery County Office of Procurement invites you to our Meet the Primes event!
- the more likely it is run by a white man
- The MWAA and DSBSD Small Business Outreach Event
- The New Vision For Chinatown: Tearing Down Federal Buildings
- The Pentagon wants to help boost cybersecurity for small contractors
- The troubling implications of the Biden administration's involvement in a single federal contract
- The White House launches a contractor initiative centered on better data and performance
- This Week's D.C. Deal Sheet: $460M Gaming Resort Opens In Prince William County
- This Week's D.C. Deal Sheet: Blackstone Acquires L'Enfant Plaza Buildings At Foreclosure Auction
- Three growth tactics for small contractors
- Title insurance companies settle DC allegations of kickbacks
- to Provide Information on Opportunities to Do Business with the County
- To Release 4 More RFPs This Summer
- Together We Make It Happen! Presented by Prince George's County Office of Central Services & Prince George's Community College.
- Top 100 NASA Contractors 2023
- Town Hall on Minority Business Community Reinvestment
- Track these civilian IT priorites as FY2024 heads for the last quarter
- TRANSCOM starts the bidding for $1.6B logistics management platform contract
- Transportation Department seeks AI solutions for transit infrastructure
- Transportation launches $15M AI effort to improve US street infrastructure
- Trash is dirty business. In Prince George’s Co.
- Trayon White
- Turned down for a loan
- Turning Area 'Inside Out'
- U.S. Department of Transportation OSDBU's Paving the Road for Women Owned Small Business in Federal Contracting
- U.S. General Services Administration
- U.S. General Services Administration and U.S. Department of Energy announce procurement opportunity for Tribal businesses to help advance clean energy goals
- U.S. Small Business Administration Acts to Safeguard Integrity of HUBZone Program
- U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman Announces Call for Nominations for 2024 National Small Business Week Awards
- U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Defense Celebrate Successful First Year for the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative
- U.S. Small Business Administration to Host 10th Annual National Veterans Small Business Week Oct. 30 – Nov. 3
- Under Armour signs new 12-year deal with Univ. of Maryland’s athletics department
- Union Station Redevelopment Clears Major Federal Hurdle
- United Therapeutics Corporation Announce Partnership for Future Growth in Silver Spring
- University Of The District Of Columbia (UDC) Contractors’ Outreach
- Unveils Streamlined Certification Process for FY25
- updates pricing model
- USCIS preps industry to bid on enterprise IT architecture recompete
- USDA Gives $2 Billion to Black and Minority Farmers Following Discriminatory History
- Veteran Entrepreneurship Programs by the SBA (SBA 9)
- Veterans Affairs chooses 8 for $23B staffing vehicle
- Veterans Affairs details teaming framework for $14B transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs launches $14B health care transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs sheds more light on $14B transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs to again rethink $400M file conversion contract
- Virginia gets $729 million federal boost for Potomac bridge
- Virginia Leaders Take Steps Toward Funding Sports District
- Virtual Matchmaking Government Vendor Fair
- Virtual Vendor Expo! How to Do Business with the D.C. Housing Authority
- Ward 7 D.C. Council member Vincent Gray had another stroke
- Washington
- Westfield Montgomery Mall Owner Sees Value Slashed But Secures Loan Extension
- Westfield Montgomery Mall's $350M Loan Transferred To Special Servicing
- What happened in local business in 2023? A look at the woes
- What scams should you be looking out for this tax season? A local financial planner weighs in
- What small businesses need to know about new regulations going into 2024
- What the Goldilocks effect means for midsized government contractors
- Where DoD IT priorities remain as the second half of fiscal 2024 begins
- Where in Maryland are customers buying the most cannabis?
- Whiting-Turner’s DC office in Greenbelt is pleased to announce our next Get Down to Business Event
- will appoint a minority business enterprise ombudsman
- Win Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency
- Win Government contracts through writing better proposals
- Wineries in Maryland eligible for $1 million in grants
- Winning Government Contracts Over Breakfast
- wins
- WIPP
- With Capital And Patience Dwindling
- With so many billions in buying
- Wizards
- Women and Veteran Owned Businesses
- Women Owned & Managed Enterprise Network Conference Morgan State University
- Women-Owned Small Businesses Federal Government Contracting Program!
- Worries over high rent
- You can now easily search through every executive in federal government
- You're Invited to the 51st Virtual Birthday Celebration for Angela Alsobrooks!
- Young people don’t trust the federal government
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