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Changes to procurement rules aimed at boosting disabled veteran firms.(Contractors' Corner)

The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued modified procurement regulations designed to boost federal contract opportunities for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, the agency says. The program became effective in early May, with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR) concurrently releasing regulations implementing the program.

The new rule will amend the relevant regulations, adding provisions that will allow contracting officers to restrict contract awards to service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses when there is a "rea

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