Archive - GovCon Intelligence

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

The fraud that could bring down the 8(a) program wasn't for millions. It was $22,000.

SBA is auditing every 8(a) firm, but it's not because of hundreds of millions in fraudulent contracts

Dec 16, 2025 • Sam Le

What SBA is probably looking for in the 8(a) audit

Five regulatory areas that SBA may be examining in reviewing 8(a) documents

Dec 5, 2025 • Sam Le

18:19

Regulate First, Listen Later: The FAR Overhaul's Procedural Problem

Agencies went ahead with the FAR Overhaul before notice-and-comment. But there's still time to make up for that.

Dec 2, 2025 • Sam Le

November 2025

Courts asked to review constitutionality of the 8(a) program and race-based presumptions

Plus GAO cases on NAICS and the limitations on subcontracting, and Q&A

Nov 20, 2025 • Sam Le

25:47

The false choice between veteran-owned and disadvantaged businesses

In fact, two-thirds of veteran-owned businesses qualify as "disadvantaged"

Nov 13, 2025 • Sam Le

Small Business Contracting Updates: FAR Companion Guide, DBE FAQs, and a case update

Nov 6, 2025 • Sam Le

25:25

October 2025

ATI Government Solutions and SBA's Limitations on Subcontracting

The law that applies to the SBA suspension includes several nuances and a big exception

Oct 30, 2025 • Sam Le

FAR Overhaul Q&A and Debunking Part 19 Myths

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Oct 23, 2025 • Sam Le

35:53

Contracting has a new-entrant problem. The FAR Overhaul made it worse.

The last of a three-part series on the rewrite of FAR Part 19 on Small Business

Oct 15, 2025 • Sam Le

Q&A on the FAR Overhaul - Video and Transcript

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Oct 10, 2025 • Sam Le

14:33

Why the FAR Overhaul's changes won't shrink the 8(a) program

Part two of a three-part series on the rewrite of FAR Part 19 on Small Business. Plus another change you might have missed.

Oct 7, 2025 • Sam Le

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