New SBA website aims to simplify process of interacting with government

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched a new website designed to further streamline and improve the process of doing business with the federal government.
The federal agency’s new website, certify.sba.gov, is specific to application processes for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
“SBA is committed to being as nimble and agile as the small businesses we serve. In addition to LINC, our Start Up in Day Initiative and Small Business Tech Coalition, the launch of certify.sba.gov is another way SBA is leveraging [the] power of technology for Americans,” said SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet in a prepared statement.
The SBA’s contracting application and certification process for women-owned small businesses is now completely accessible online, according to a press release.
“This new website first focuses on closing market gaps for women entrepreneurs in the federal marketplace by featuring the Women-Owned Small Business Program as we work toward breaking federal contracting goals for a second year in fiscal year 2016,” Contreras-Sweet continued.
The SBA projects the website will also make available other federal contracting programs, including the 8(a) Business Development Program and the HUBZone Program.
“Small businesses often get too little credit for their work as our nation’s leading job creators, generating nearly two out of three net new jobs in our economy,” Contreras-Sweet added. “Last fiscal year the federal government awarded its highest percentage of contracting dollars to small businesses in the history of the United States, totaling more than $90 billion. Those resources supported more than half a million jobs in communities across this country. When these federal dollars churn in local communities, they create a multiplier effect that strengthens the local tax base and leads to better government services and better schools. That’s the promise of our work.”

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