Małe firmy · 3.10.2000

HUBZone Program

The Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its regulations governing the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program (HUBZone program). Now that SBA has officially launched the program, has received over two thousand applications for HUBZone certification, and has certified concerns into the program, SBA believes that it should make the following four regulatory amendments and clarifications to improve the administration and operation of the HUBZone program. First, SBA proposes to amend the provisions governing the application of the HUBZone program to various government departments and agencies. It proposes to add three federal agencies to the current list of agencies that are affected directly by the HUBZone program and to clarify that the HUBZone program does not apply to contracts awarded by state and local governments. Second, SBA proposes to amend the definition of the term "principal office" to accommodate those concerns whose industries require employees to perform their work at various job sites. Third, SBA proposes to eliminate the existing program eligibility restrictions on allowable affiliations of HUBZone small business concerns, since those requirements ha