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New Policy Memo Exposes Risks in Procurement Executive Order
A sweeping Executive Order may be quietly dismantling decades of small business contracting protections — with no public notice, no Congressional oversight, and no clear plan to preserve access.
ASBCC’s new memo breaks it down: what’s at risk, what the law actually requires, and why this matters for communities, innovation, and America’s defense base.
Big DOGE Cuts, Big Losses for Small Business: New Report Reveals Federal Supplier Setbacks
A newly released report is raising alarms across the small business contracting community. The DOGE Small Business Impact Report, published as of March 27, 2025, outlines the far-reaching consequences of recent policy decisions implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the current administration.
ASBCC Report Sounds Alarm on Vanishing Small Business Federal Suppliers
A sobering new report reveals a catastrophic 49% decline in small businesses participating in federal contracting since FY 2008. Despite an overall 27.5% increase in small businesses nationwide, the number of small firms securing federal contracts has dropped from 144,774 in 2008 to just 73,833 in 2023.