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M’ko Daniels has been appointed the first participant in Potawatomi Ventures’ new federal contracting leadership development program, a move that places a Forest County Potawatomi tribal member inside the company’s top federal operations for the first time.
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ASRC Federal, an Alaska Native–owned government contractor, said it has won a contract valued at up to $2.3 billion from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the U.S. military’s global supply chain for chemicals and packaged petroleum oils and lubricants.
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The Small Business Administration confirmed it suspended more than 1,000 contractors this month from the 8(a) Business Development Program, a cornerstone of federal contracting for many Native-owned enterprises. The agency said Thursday the action followed firms’ failure to submit required records during a program-wide audit.
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Hui Huliau, a Native Hawaiian Organization, has acquired Washington, D.C.–based IT contractor Advantaged Solutions LLC, adding logistics and enterprise systems modernization work tied to defense and civilian federal agencies.
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The Department of Defense will conduct a line-by-line review of all sole-source contracts over $20 million awarded through the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
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Twelve subsidiaries of Cherokee Federal have been named among recent awardees on the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award contract, according to a company announcement.
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The Oneida Nation in Wisconsin is working to terminate a federal contract awarded to one of its companies after the agreement's connection to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities sparked immediate backlash from tribal leadership and the community.
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The Oneida Nation Business Committee said it adopted a resolution requiring all tribal divisions, entities and corporations to disengage from contracts involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, following the discovery that a tribally owned joint venture had secured two sole-source contract awards with the federal agency.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration has extended the deadline for a sweeping audit of companies in the 8(a) Business Development Program and released new guidance clarifying what firms — including tribal enterprises and Alaska Native corporations — must submit, following widespread confusion over the scope of the request.
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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick said Wednesday that the tribe has exited all third-party interests connected to federal immigration enforcement work, ending its involvement in a Department of Homeland Security contract that prompted widespread criticism from tribal citizens.