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Hegseth Vows to ‘Sledgehammer’ a Small-Business Procurement Program-Billions in Contracts Are at Risk

There is question if the administration will simply remove contracts from the program, or potentially move to end the program for good.

“We are actually taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government—a program few people outside of Washington have ever heard of,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post on X. “It’s called the 8(a) program.”
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Source: Inc. Magazine | Published: 2026-01-27T17:24:54Z

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