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Congress has designated anything between the micro-purchase threshold (MPT) and the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) as reserved for small businesses. There are current legislative proposals to raise the SAT, and recent research by GMU found that raising the MPT could deliver significant savings. How will these policies effect small business viability and growth and how does the newly-expanded Commercial Platforms Program influence these purchases?

Emily Murphy
Senior Fellow 
Baroni Center for Government Contracting 

Sam Le
Director of Policy Planning and Liaison 
U.S. Small Business Administration

Elle Patout
Director of Advocacy and Public Relations 
National Association of Women Business Owners

Manjit Singh
Founder and President 
Agilious