ASAToday for November 5, 2026

For America’s small construction contractors, one of the biggest challenges in federal contracting is not winning the work—it is getting paid when the government changes the work after the contract has been…

ASA urged the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to extend the comment period on proposed changes to the federal government’s small-business size standards, citing significant concerns about the potential impact on construction…

Congress has bought itself additional time to complete the FY 2027 appropriations process, but significant work remains before lawmakers can finalize full-year government funding. On September 1, the House approved the Senate…

Congress is poised to take up a major package of cryptocurrency legislation this week, with the Senate preparing for a procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) and…

We don’t know for how long, but employees are work-authorized tomorrow. Here’s what we know and what we do not: Temporary Protected Status was scheduled to end today, September 9, 2026 for…