For more than 50 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration has celebrated National Small Business Week (NSBW), which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. NSBW is September 12-18 and this year’s theme is Celebrating resilience and renewal. Resilience--the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change and to withstand or adjust to challenges. That word aptly describes the millions of small businesses in the United States. The past year was unlike any year in modern history.

Welcome to National Small Business Week (NSBW)! During this special week, September 12-18, GSA joins the nation to celebrate the many contributions of the nation's small business owners. Small business owners work to create jobs, drive innovation, increase America’s global competitiveness and grow the U.S. economy. NSBW is an opportunity to highlight the impact of outstanding small business owners from across the nation.  

The MSO is monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States.

Agencies are to transition to Idemia v8.1 as-soon-as-possible. If your agency has still not transitioned so far, please send the planned transition date to Lalit.Bajaj@gsa.gov and GSAMSO@gsa.gov.  For non-transitioned agencies with extenuating circumstances, as previously announced, the Idemia v7 PIV cards cannot be purchased post-May 2022.