National 8(a) Association

Welcome . . .

to the official headquarters of the National 8(a) Association

With members throughout the country, we are the most innovative association of this type in the nation. We have helped 8(a) certified and non-8(a) certified businesses gain the valuable education, promotion and federal contracting information they need to further advance their level of experience and achieve a higher degree of success.

Coming in June, 2010

The National 8(a) Association returns to Anchorage for its summer conference, on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 22 and 23. Invited as Conference Keynote Speaker is Karen Mills, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Officials from the Dept. of Justice, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have confirmed they'll be here, speakers include Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, and we're in discussion with other presenters and panelists from Government and industry. Combined with the contractors with whom you want to network, and matchmaking B2B speed dating sessions, this is shaping up to be the most successful education and networking conference ever!

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Multiple SBA rule changes?

On Oct. 28, 2009 the Small Business Administration published 33 proposed changes to its small business size and 8(a) Business Development Program regulations, potentially the most wide-ranging changes offered in 18 years

The SBA has proposed amendments to its rules affecting joint ventures, the mentor-protégé program, size determinations, 8(a) economic disadvantage thresholds, rules for Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, and tribes.

How do you think your business will be affected?

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