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Q & A with Robb Wong of SBA’s government contracting office

     It’s been a busy nine months for Robb Wong since he was appointed by President Trump as the top person in charge of the small business federal contracting portfolio at the Small Business Administration last year.

      As SBA’s Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development, Wong oversees the flagship 8(a) Business Development, HUBZone and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) programs, among others. The government offers set-asides to small firms participating in these programs.

      Wong, who is an attorney, previously worked at SBA headquarters as an advisor and in SBA district offices in Texas in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. He ran a consulting business in Rockville, MD for 19 years.

      He spoke with Set-Aside Alert Editor Alice Lipowicz about what he has been doing and his plans for the year ahead...more....