A federal contractor’s request for additional relief would prevent all federal agencies from using the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program in three of its largest industries, the…

Industry-specific injunction is among several requests for additional relief in case that halted the use of presumed racial disadvantage in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program.

Lawyers and contracting experts urged small businesses proving disadvantage in a ‘narrative’ to take the document seriously as their participation in the SBA’s 8(a) program is on…

The decision comes in light of a July district court injunction, which cited the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the use of race in college admissions.