Sam Le is the SBA’s Director for the Office of Policy Planning and Liaison, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development. He is responsible for small business government contracting regulations, small business size standards, and small business prime contracting goals for executive agencies.
As director, Sam developed governmentwide policy changes to promote small-business utilization in Federal procurement. These included major changes to the Category Management program and new methods for analyzing small-business procurement data. He oversaw the comprehensive review of SBA’s size standards and guided the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council’s amendments to the FAR small-business rules.
Sam started at SBA in 2008. Prior to becoming director, Sam was SBA’s deputy associate general counsel for procurement law. He supported SBA’s Office of Government Contracting and Business Development on size, affiliation, and goaling. He also has worked closely with the SBA Acquisitions Division, the Office of Communications and Public Liaison, the Office of Capital Access, and the Office of Disaster Assistance. Sam advocated for small-business-friendly policies in administrative and Federal litigation, ranging from GAO bid protests to a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to joining SBA, Sam worked at a large D.C. law firm in its mass media practice group. During his legal career, he also has represented television and radio stations, museums, and non-profit organizations. He currently serves as the co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Small Business Committee (Public Contract Law). Sam received his BA in economics and his law degree from the University of Virginia.