Christine Williams 9/24/26 Christine Williams 9/24/26

SBA’s Size Standards Comment Count Corrects from 66,254 to 3,202

Christine Williams 9/24/26 Christine Williams 9/24/26

SBA’s Size Standards Comment Extension Publishes in the Federal Register

Christine Williams 9/21/26 Christine Williams 9/21/26

SBA Extends Comments on the Size Standards Rule and Methodology to November 20

Christine Williams 9/13/26 Christine Williams 9/13/26

The Brotocracy That Sustains the Manels

Seven of eight senior executives are men. No seat passed from a man to a woman.

Christine Williams 9/10/26 Christine Williams 9/10/26

What’s With SBA’s Comment Numbers on the Size Standards Rule? Clear Error Uncorrected?

SBA reports 66,254 comments received on its size standards rule. The public can read 761.

Christine Williams 9/7/26 Christine Williams 9/7/26

The Growing Popularity of Manels

Across the conferences of government contracting, the going rate for a place at the podium runs from twenty to fifty thousand dollars, disclosed in writing by the organizations selling it.

Christine Williams 9/4/26 Christine Williams 9/4/26

Size Standards Proposed Regulations Blow the Roof off of the Small in Small Business Administration

SBA has proposed size standards under which a firm at the threshold would account for more than 40 percent of an entire industry’s receipts, and in some cases more than 100 percent. Comments close September 21, 2026.