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This page will help you search for an OHA decision which may have similar factual or legal questions to those in your appeal. These decisions serve as OHA precedent in interpreting laws and regulations. You may cite these decisions in your appeal to show the Judge that your interpretation of a law or regulation is correct, or that your case is similar to the one before the Judge and should be decided the same way.

DISCLAIMER: We publish these decisions on the Internet only as a convenience to the public. Due to the formatting limitations of HTML, the page numbering, line endings, and spacing of the Internet versions will differ from the original decisions signed by the Judges. Further, we have scanned many decisions from copies, so they may contain errors in the content. If there is any discrepancy between the original signed decision and the Internet version, the original signed version governs. Please contact OHA by e-mail oha@sba.gov if you notice any errors. Please note that SBA has revised its regulations several times, so some legal principles set out in prior OHA decisions may have been superseded. Among the more important changes, SBA revised part 121 (size regulations) and part 134 (OHA's regulations) in 1996, and part 124 (8(a) and SDB regulations) in 1998. These revisions also involved renumbering regulatory sections.  SBA also revised parts 121, 124, and 134 in 2002.  In 2004, SBA made many revisions to parts 121 and 134.

Frequently Asked Questions about OHA Decisions:

1. What OHA decisions are accessible through this search page?

• SIZE and NAICS (SIC) code decisions back to about 1990.
• 8(a) BD decisions since 1992
• All SDB decisions
• Development Company decisions since 1997
• All Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO) decisions
• Women’s Business Center

2. How should I phrase my search?

You can start by typing in a regulatory section number, a key word, or a key phrase.

Examples: "124.104" "134.203(b)" "net worth" "SIC code 8739" "waiver" "ostensible subcontractor" Use all lower case unless a particular letter must be capitalized, as in a proper name. Use quotation marks around phrases. Use a comma between phrases and between unrelated capitalized words.

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4. How do I get a copy of an original decision, or an old decision that is not available on the Internet?

Please contact OHA either by e-mail oha@sba.gov or by phone at 202-401-8200. OHA decisions are also available on the following on-line subscription services: LEXIS: Library is PUBCON; Files are SBA, SBA8A. Includes all SIC/NAICS and SIZE decisions since 1961; all 8(a) decisions since June 1990; all SDB decisions. Westlaw: Database is FGC-SBA. Includes all OHA decisions since December 1983.

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