Archive - GovCon Intelligence

AI, GovCon, and the Perils of Speed (with Jessica Tillipman)

How Buying Blind leads to corruption risk

Feb 20 • Sam Le

1:03:28

How large businesses get small-business contracts

The FAR Overhaul's simplified recertification rule opens the door to abuse

Feb 12 • Sam Le

Trump Isn't Done Reshaping the SBA (with Robb Wong)

Watch now | The former Administration official warns of more audit activity, says small businesses still have a winning formula

Feb 7 • Sam Le

38:56

January 2026

OHA will hear your appeal now

SBA's Office of Hearing and Appeals is adding a judge as a thousand 8(a) firms could appeal their suspensions

Jan 29 • Sam Le

Who are the 1,000 firms suspended by SBA--plus Q&A

A recording from Sam Le's live video

Jan 23 • Sam Le

32:36

The truth about 8(a) and ANCs (with Christine Williams)

And ideas to reform the program amid DEI-based scrutiny

Jan 22 • Sam Le

53:33

How Hegseth's "sledgehammer" video could change control of the U.S. Senate

The 2026 midterms run through Alaska, and Alaska Native Corporations are most under scrutiny in the "line-by-line" review

Jan 21 • Sam Le

Transcript: Secretary of War Hegseth announces a "line-by-line" review of 8(a) contracts

The Department spent $15.5 billion with the 8(a) program in 2025

Jan 17 • Sam Le

The small-business M&A cliff should have never happened

After January 16, large businesses won't be able to win set-asides by buying smalls

Jan 15 • Sam Le

What SBA says it will do with the 8(a) data call (with Matt Schoonover)

The agency estimates a $32 million burden, gives "no assurance of confidentiality," and plans to publish findings in a press release

Jan 8 • Sam Le

39:03

Small business contracting dropped in 2025. Unless you were an 8(a).

Despite all the scrutiny, the 8(a) program surged last year—by how much depends on what number SBA picks to publish

Jan 6 • Sam Le

December 2025

Closing out 2025 with 8(a) audit questions and a FAR Overhaul update

Watch now | Plus caselaw on SBIR Phase III, the MAS 8(a) pool, COCs, and the "once 8(a), always 8(a) rule"

Dec 19, 2025 • Sam Le

35:36

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