Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program—
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JulieIrvinHartmanstartedherTuesdaywithwelcome,butconfusingnews.
Theapplicationshehadsubmittedweeksagotorenewherbusiness’scertificationasaHistoricallyUnderutilizedBusinesshadbeenapproved,despiteactingstateComptrollerKellyHancock’slateOctoberannouncementthathewasfreezingtheprogramintendedtogivebusinessesownedbywomen,minoritiesanddisabledveteransaboostwhenseekingstategovernmentcontracts.
Buthourslater,thecomptroller’sofficeemailedHartmanagain,notifyingherandmorethan15,000othersmallbusinesses—nearly97%ofthecertifiedHUBbusinessesinTexas—thattheywerebeingremovedfromtheHUBprogramentirely.
Thenherphonenotificationsexploded.
TheownerofTomball-basedB2GVictory,Hartmanhasbuiltherbusinessaroundadvisingothersmallbusinessesabouthowtonavigatetheworldofgovernmentcontracting,makingher
