# 8(a) Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations
> **US Small Business Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-06-30 · Effective 1998-06-30 · 63 FR 35767
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-17195
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 35767
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 124
- **Publication date:** 1998-06-30
- **Effective date:** 1998-06-30
## Abstract

In response to the Department of Justice's review of Federal procurement affirmative action programs and amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement a government-wide small disadvantaged business (SDB) program, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issues this final rule establishing the procedural framework for certifying firms as SDBs and for processing protests challenging the disadvantaged status of a firm claiming to be an SDB.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/06/30/98-17195/8a-business-developmentsmall-disadvantaged-business-status-determinations)
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