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Full transcript available at http://www.govconintelligence.com. Here are five areas that I think SBA is going to look into when it receives documentation from the 8(a) audit. Audit Focus Areas The five areas are: * Limitations on Subcontracting * Compliance with the Mentor-Protégé Program * Excessive Withdrawals * Benefits Reporting for entity-owned firms * Indications of Bribery or Kickbacks With...

For a full transcript with links, go to http://govconintelligence.com Welcome to a live GovCon Intelligence video. We’re going to be going over a filing at the Supreme Court about the 8(a) program, as well as a filing in state or district court in Louisiana about the 8(a) program’s race-based presumption. There’s also been a bill introduced in the Senate about suspending 8(a) sole source awards. D...

Please go to govconintelligence.com for a full transcript of this episode. Welcome back to another Q&A edition of GovCon Intelligence . Today, I want to discuss several important documents that came out over the past few weeks for small business contractors, specifically the FAR Companion Guide and the Department of Transportation’s frequently asked questions on the Disadvantaged Business Enterpri...

This is a free newsletter. If you’d like to support my work, please consider donating to the Capital Area Food Bank, which is helping furloughed federal workers across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Donate at samlelaw.com/give . I’m back with another Q&A for GovCon Intelligence this time. We’re going to talk more about the FAR Overhaul and look closely at Part 19 to see what’s changed. I’m going to...

One of the questions I’ve received is: What is the role of OSDBU under the FAR Overhaul, and how will the companion guide affect the roles of the OSDBU? It seems as if the roles of the OSDBU were minimized. I think that’s absolutely right. The roles of the OSDBU have been minimized in the FAR Overhaul, but I’m not sure it’s going to matter. What the FAR Overhaul did is take all the content of the...

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My presentation to the 25th Annual HUBZone conference on the FAR Overhaul and HUBZone data. All credit to Christine Williams for the presentation title! The slides are available for download here: Thanks for reading GovCon Intelligence! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Sam Le is a Virginia- and D.C.-licensed attorney. His website is samlelaw.com. This is a public episod...

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Thank you to everyone who tuned into my first live video on GovCon Intelligence! This one summarizes my article The latest SBA Scorecard comes from a world that no longer exists . I’ll plan to do these occasionally to introduce new articles and to give my thoughts on breaking news in GovCon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e...