On March 5, 2024, a federal judge in Texas struck down a federally-sponsored racial preference extended to minority groups seeking to access capital and government contracts.
Retired circuit judge and Douglas County state s attorney Mike Carroll offers some reasons, "besides probably violating the Constitution," that current race-conscious preferences in federal procurement should end.
In Ultima Services v. the Department of Agriculture, a federal district court held that the Small Business Administration's reliance on the rebuttable presumption of disadvantage.
As of September 29, 2023, the SBA’s certify.gov portal for submitting 8(a) applications (for both individually owned and entity-owned applicants) is back open and accepting new.