Legal Opinion
Cognitive Professional Services Inc. v. U.S. Small Business Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 11, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-0715PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
In March of 2014, Plaintiff Cognitive Professional Services (“CPS”) applied to the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for admission to the 'Section 8(a) Business Development program (“Section 8(a) program” or “8(a) BD program”). (See Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶ 11.) SBA denied CPS’s Section 8(a) application, citing various grounds, including the agency’s conclusion that CPS was neither a small business owned and controlled by an “economically disadvantaged individual^]” nor one that had demonstrated “the potential to…
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