The 8(a) program, administered by the Small Business Administration, was established to assist small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or tribes. Imagine the panic that ensued in these companies when they were on the verge of being held accountable.

In this season of Americans waking up to the massive fraud, embezzlement and money laundering that one can characterize as the primary business of government planet-wide is really coming home to roost in the US.

In December 2025, the SBA issued letters to all 4,300 current 8(a) participants requiring production of three years of financial records, contracting agreements, and employment records by January 5, 2026. The Department of Treasury also announced a separate audit of preference-based contracting totaling approximately $9 billion across its bureaus.

The fraud iceberg that is the Pentagon has used obfuscation, classification and war as a perfect cover to rob living taxpayers and future generations not yet born

I look forward to seeing if the Inspector General pursues the malpractice of hiring folks not on merit but skin-suit and tribe affiliation.

Hegseth Orders Pentagon Review of SBA 8(a) Contracting Program