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Small Business Administration (SBA)

The logo for the Small Business Administration is pictured on the final day of the Great American State Fair on July 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

SBA refocuses Regional Innovation Cluster program following DOGE cuts

The agency recently awarded nine new contracts for the program aimed at fueling innovation in regions across the country. The RICs have a heavy defense-tech bent.
Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

SBA gets another push to step up its AI game

OIG says SBA needs an AI governance board, a generative AI strategy and better classifications for high-impact uses. GAO and Congress previously dinged the agency on AI…
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing to be the U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House-passed cyber bill for small businesses gets Senate companion

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act from Sens. Adam Schiff and Todd Young would tap the GAO for recommendations on federal cyber programs.
The Palantir Technologies logo is displayed on a shipping container at the company’s booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

SBA enters ‘new phase’ with Palantir on anti-fraud efforts

The agency said Tuesday it is expanding its relationship with the data analytics giant following a pilot program targeting fraud in pandemic programs.
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People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes bill to force SBA’s hand on AI reporting

The legislation directs the agency to deliver an annual report to Congress on its use of the technology following years of noncompliance with inventory reporting requirements.
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler and House Small Business Committee Chair Roger Williams, R-Texas, participate in House Republicans’ daily government shutdown news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 27, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House lawmakers seek more AI transparency from the SBA

The House Small Business Committee advanced a bill requiring the SBA to deliver an annual report on its AI use, weeks after the GAO revealed issues with…
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