Senators air concerns with Jovita Carranza

      There were many smiles along with a few gentle questions for Jovita Carranza--President Trump’s pick as the next administrator of the SBA--in a recent Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship hearing.

      Sen. Mitt Romney, R-UT, was skeptical about the SBA’s $750,000 net worth limit for “disadvantaged” owners. Carranza said she’d look into it.

      Sen. Ben Cardin, D-MD, ranking Democrat, pointed out that Baltimore, MD would benefit from a Women’s Business Center. Carranza was on it.

      Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, committee chair, asked Carranza to follow up on the panel’s interest in cybersecurity protections for small firms. The committee’s several letters to the SBA on that topic have gotten no response, Rubio said.

      “I will expeditiously work on that,” responded Carranza.

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See video of the hearing at: https://bit.ly/351YwuB

Changes to Truth in Negotiations Act in NDAA

      Sec. 803 of the NDAA addresses situations in which a contracting officer cannot determine whether prices are fair and reasonable, and also situations in which “other than certified” cost or pricing data is requested.

     Although not as expansive as provisions in the House-passed version of the NDAA, these changes are significant for contractors that provide cost or pricing data to the government.

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Perkins Coie: https://bit.ly/2MDMrFI

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