This Crucial SBA Program Was Built to Expand Opportunity. Now It’s Prioritizing Defense

New guidance fast-tracks companies in defense-critical industries as the agency simultaneously narrows how it determines which entrepreneurs qualify as disadvantaged.

BY MELISSA ANGELL, SENIOR STAFF WRITER @MELISSKAWRITES

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The Small Business Administration’s flagship contracting program—originally designed to level the playing field for economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs—is now shifting its focus toward defense contractors.

The SBA announced in........

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