On April 22, 2025, the SBA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Management Advisory on Undetected Vulnerabilities from Personally Owned Devices—those being used by SBA personnel. Recall, that SBA handles exceptionally sensitive information for individuals and cyber threats are ever mounting. SBA’s use of personal devices cannot only be a threat risk but can also potentially make public records harder to access by the public, which has been the target of controversy as of late. This is a follow up report to a similar warning issued in 2022 regarding the COVID-19 EIDLs Funds—amounting to $1.3 Billion in theft.

Executive Order—FAR 2.0—RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO FEDERAL PROCUREMENT

April 15, 2025

FAR 2.0 is coming to a procurement near you. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) was started over 40 years ago and the FAR alone has over 2,000 pages of regulations. On top of the FAR are civilian agency specific regulations or supplements a/k/a the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that govern certain agencies. For instance, 13 CFR 121 governs the SBA, with 13 denoting SBA and 121 denoting size standards. With the FAR and the CFRs, the regulations are well over 5,000 pages. For more information click on the link.

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