Biden Expanding COVID-19 EIDL Program By Gloria Larkin Many small businesses are feeling stuck. In some cases, their economic recovery has stalled and may even be backsliding. Relief funds, which can result in economic hangovers anyway, are running out. And bottlenecks have begun to appear in the credit market. To address these issues, President Joe... Read More
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Small Businesses Losing Out Huge in Contracting
Small Businesses Losing Out Huge in Contracting By Gloria Larkin A recent report from the Washington, D.C.-based Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Supporting Small Business and Strengthening the Economy Through Procurement Reform, authored by its Director of Strategic Initiatives Dane Stangler, offered some stark and disappointing data. The numbers concerned the involvement and impact of small... Read More
Steps Undertaken to Narrow Racial Contracting Gap
Steps Undertaken to Narrow Racial Contracting Gap By Gloria Larkin The Biden-Harris Administration is taking new steps toward narrowing the racial wealth gap and reinvesting in struggling communities by expanding access to a key wealth-creator ― small business ownership that may be also located in disadvantaged communities. The administration will address racial discrimination... Read More
The New Mandate for Contractors
The New Mandate for Contractors So, here we are. It’s another month, so that means there will be more high-profile cyberattacks to within our nation’s infrastructure. One day, it’s a petroleum refinery, the next it’s a meat processing plant, a bank or or even a regional water supply; tomorrow, it’ll be something else. ... Read More