The White House plans to significantly increase the share of federal contracts awarded to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs) by 50% by 2025. This ambitious goal translates to awarding an additional $100 billion to SDBs over the next five years. Currently, the target for SDBs is set at 5% of federal contracting dollars, but recent data shows that federal agencies have been exceeding this goal, awarding an average of 9.8%. The new goal aims to raise this share to nearly 15% by 2025.
In June 2021, the Biden administration announced its plans to increase the percentage of Small Business contracting by 50% over the next 5 years. To meet this goal, the administration has proposed $30B in new SBA initiatives that would reduce barriers to small business ownership and success. The new SBA initiatives will focus on increasing access to capital with new direct loans to small businesses,
The Biden administration has announced a new initiative of "increasing the share of contracts going to small disadvantaged businesses by 50 percent by 2026 - translating to an additional $100 billion to small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) over the 5 year period." These plans were announced on June 1, 2021, the 100 year anniversary of the Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa, Ok.
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