id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
bmra-3419	Johnston, Sherri; Preiksaitis, Michelle	Strategies for Small Business Administration 8(A) Business Development Program-Certified Firms in Program Years 4-6	2022	26	.pdf	application/pdf	9458	441	43	In 1997, the federal government assigned an annual goal to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to award at least 23% of federal contracts to small businesses (Schilling et al., 2017), with 5% specifically set aside for 8(a)-certified firms. While these goals have been met in some years (SBA, 2019), the complex, lengthy, and costly federal contracting bidding processes create challenges and barriers for small businesses owned by socially or economically disadvantaged principals.	cache/bmra-3419.pdf	txt/bmra-3419.txt