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Trump SBA to Extend Comment Period After Ranking Member Markey Leads Effort to Rescind SBA Policy that Reclassifies Billion-Dollar Businesses as “Small Businesses”

5+ hour ago   (155+ words) Trump admin policy would reclassify 114,000 larger businesses as “small” to access small business resources and win federal contracts meant for small businesses In the letter, Ranking Member Markey and the lawmakers emphasized that small businesses will be shut out of…...


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SBA Extends Comment Time for Small Business Size Standards - the Electrical Distributor magazine

11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (201+ words) Shortly before the Sept. 21 comment deadline was set to close, in response to requests from ABC, other industry groups, and small businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it was extending the deadline to submit comments on its proposed rulemaking…...


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SBA Adjusts Comment Time for Small Business Size Standards - the Electrical Distributor magazine

11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (201+ words) Shortly before the Sept. 21 comment deadline was set to close, in response to requests from ABC, other industry groups, and small businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it was extending the deadline to submit comments on its proposed rulemaking…...


legis1.com > news > sba-size-standards-consolidation-proposes

Small Business Administration Proposes New Standards

12+ hour, 41+ min ago   (106+ words) The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to analyze how regulations affect small entities and weigh less burdensome compliance paths. Expanding the definition of 'small business' could require agencies to extend regulatory flexibilities to a much larger universe of firms under…...


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Big 4-only policy waived for a tiny boutique. Are clients finally looking beyond the Big 4?

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (454+ words) Alex Mann, who works with in-house teams and tax software vendors globally, says he sees a trend: The most interesting example: A small firm, with no external funding and built largely on referrals and reputation, recently convinced one of the…...


marketplace.org > story > 09/23/2026 > sba-proposes-changed-definition-of-small-business

SBA considers changing definition of a small business

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (314+ words) The change could create new opportunities to land lucrative federal contracts. Whether a business is considered “small” in the government’s eyes is pretty important. It determines whether the business is eligible for federal aid money and federal contracts. Now, the…...


mondaq.com > unitedstates > government-contracts-procurement-ppp > 1846112 > sbas-proposed-size-changes-by-the-numbers-video

SBA’s Proposed Size Changes: By The Numbers (Video)

23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (73+ words) Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP - United States Mondaq SBA’s Proposed Size Changes: By The Numbers (Video) Amy Hoang breaks down the SBA’s proposed rule to change the size standards used to determine whether a company qualifies as small for federal contracting....


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SBA Loans Falls 18 Percent as Lenders Pull Back

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (487+ words) (September 22, 2026) -- Small businesses continue to seek financing, but fewer lenders are participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s primary loan program as tighter underwriting standards, elevated borrowing costs and new eligibility rules reshape the lending environment. Lenders approved approximately 27,000 SBA 7(a)…...


washingtontechnology.com > contracts > 2026 > 09 > sba-reopens-size-standard-comment-period-slashes-estimates-its-impacts > 416136

SBA reopens size standard comment period, slashes estimates of its impacts

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (511+ words) The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy has significantly lowered its estimates of the impacts from the proposed size standards overhaul, which seems to be the reason why SBA is extending the comment period by 60 days. SBA announced the extension…...


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SBA Proposal Would Expand Lending Opportunities For Credit Unions

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (212+ words) CU Today WASHINGTON--The Small Business Administration’s proposal on small business size standards would make several positive changes for credit unions In comments filed with the SBA Monday, America’s Credit Unions noted the proposal will expand…...