OMB proposes consolidating forty-six industries into eighteen. Tested against the government's own data: eleven of the eighteen exactly duplicate codes that already exist, and the twenty-eight industries being eliminated carry $29 billion in annual federal obligations.

The FAR Council invited small entities to comment on the existing regulations the overhaul would remove. ASBCC accepted — and counted, from the government's own data, what the Council's analysis never did.

Sixteen pages on what the rewrite of Parts 5, 6, 7, and 10 does to the front door of the federal marketplace — grounded in our reproducible analysis of roughly 30 million contract actions, FY2022–FY2026.

Before commenting on substance, ASBCC asked the FAR Council for adequate time — 90 days, or at minimum the 60 that Executive Order 12866 treats as the norm — to analyze a rewrite spanning more than a thousand pages of regulatory text.

ASBCC is proud to announce its role as a National Partner Organization in the Restore Fair Access™ campaign. This critical initiative unites small businesses, local communities, and economic advocates nationwide to protect fair access to federal contracts, secure economic opportunities for all businesses, and preserve a vibrant, competitive American economy.

A letter from Charmagne Manning, President of The American Small Business Chamber of Commerce. These reports show just how bipartisan this effort has always been—and just how deeply embedded your right to participate in federal contracting is in our laws and regulations. From the Small Business Act of 1953 to the most recent National Defense Authorization Acts, your place in federal procurement has been protected not just by policy—but by statute.

A newly released report is raising alarms across the small business contracting community. The DOGE Small Business Impact Report, published as of March 27, 2025, outlines the far-reaching consequences of recent policy decisions implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the current administration.

A sobering new report reveals a catastrophic 49% decline in small businesses participating in federal contracting since FY 2008. Despite an overall 27.5% increase in small businesses nationwide, the number of small firms securing federal contracts has dropped from 144,774 in 2008 to just 73,833 in 2023.