(Editor’s Note.  The following indicates that more federal funds may be flowing to HUBZone companies and that decisions on business locations should consider this fact.)

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), in an October 25 letter to the General Services Administration, requested the agency reconsider its decision to place a $500 million global information technology acquisition with the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program and instead limit competition to small businesses operating in Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) zones.  Snowe pointed out the GSA poor record with HUBZone set-asides and argued the law requires the agency to first offer this contract to HUBZone firms.  HUBZOne limits competition to small businesses located in “historically underutilized” zones that Snowe describes as low income, high unemployment areas but do not have ownership requirements along race, sex or other designations.

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