Miscellaneous
Small businesses have a big stake in the federal marketplace, you might have heard. The Small Business Administration sets a high bar for the rest of government to do business with the little guys. Agencies last year awarded more than $130 billion in small-business prime contracts, and exceeded a women-owned small business contracting goal for the second time since SBA set that benchmark. For more on where agencies where met or exceeded goals, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with SBA’s Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development, Frank Spampinato.