Click here to view a copy of H.R. 1622, the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act: https://www.asbl.com/documents/hr1622.pdf

Below you will find:
1. How Can You Help?:  Details about getting involved with the process of lobbying for the passage of H.R. 1622
2. Letter template: A letter template that will help you to quickly and efficiently reach out to your congressional representatives.
3. Background: Information on the diversion of federal small business contracts to large corporations. 
4. Breakdown of H.R. 1622, the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2013:  What will the bill do? And how will it affect you?

I have been winning federal lawsuits on behalf of American small businesses for about 25 yeas now. My campaign to stop the federal government from diverting small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms and corporate giants around the world has been covered on every major television network, one international network, virtually every major newspaper in the country, over 200 radio shows and countless stories and blogs on the internet.

I am constantly bothered by the feeling I have never seen a story that tells the whole truth about how the federal government actually cheats small businesses. I also don’t believe any story has painted an accurate picture of my efforts to stop rampant fraud and abuse in federal small business programs and address a wide variety of other issues that have negatively affected American small businesses.

I have come to the conclusion the only way to get the whole truth out there is to begin to write a series of stories on what has actually happened to myself. I also intend to begin a campaign of unabashed self-promotion for the simple reason I’m tired of the unrelenting campaign by the federal government to portray me as a conspiracy nut.

In 2005, Entrepreneur Magazine published a story about me that stated, “Depending on whom you talk to, Texas born small business advocate Lloyd Chapman is either a modern day Cesar Chavez or a conspiracy theorist with a grudge.” It was a great story; I have a copy of it framed in my office. I was hoping someone would write a follow up story and clarify if I was a “modern day Cesar Chavez or a conspiracy theorist with a grudge.” Since no journalist has ever seen fit to answer that question, it looks like I’ll have to do it myself.

I like the quote from Yogi Berra that says, “It ain’t bragging if you can do it”. Well I can do it and I have done it and I intend to write about it in a series of blogs and stories that I will post in a variety of places on the internet to tell my story and tell the truth about the billions if not trillions of dollars in fraud and abuse against American small businesses and the individual people, politicians, bureaucrats and companies that have perpetrated these abuses against the middle class.

Some of the things I have experienced and done sound more like an episode from the X Files than anything you would expect to encounter simply trying to stop the federal government from cheating small businesses. Some people may find some of the things I have experience to be difficult to believe. Looking back on it now, I even find it hard to realize those things really happened. I will do my best to try and document everything I can with links to verifiable information.

I believe most people will find my exploits to be funny, sad, fascinating, shocking, infuriating, uplifting and inspirational. I will be writing about death threats, seeing government lawyers cry, government surveillance, duping politicians and federal agencies, landmark legal victories and the stunning level of corruption and fraud in the federal government at virtually every level.

My goal is to write something every week but I may write something monthly or even daily, I’m not sure. I might even try and put all my adventures as a small business advocate together and write a book.

I’m excited about this project because of the therapeutic affect it will have for me and I will get started immediately. Stay tuned.

American Small Business League

January 29, 2014

During his State of The Union address President Obama mentioned one word more than any other. That word was jobs. He mentioned the word “jobs” 17 times. I’m sure he has seen the polls that indicate the number one issue for American voters is the economy and jobs.

President Obama acknowledged that small businesses are responsible for the majority of new jobs in America. He is absolutely right. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, small businesses are responsible for over 90% of the net new jobs in America. (Census Bureau data)

What President Obama doesn’t seem to understand is that the largest, most efficient and effective program in U.S history to create jobs is the Small Business Act of 1953. Today, based on the Small Business Act, federal law requires a minimum of 23% of the total value of all federal contracts and subcontracts be awarded to small businesses.

I have a belief that you can tell the difference between what a person says and how they really feel by watching what they do. When you watch what President Obama does, he does not seem to understand that small businesses are the solution to economic stimulus, slashing income inequality, reducing poverty and creating jobs.

Every year of the Obama Administration, President Obama’s appointed Inspector General for the Small Business Administration(SBA), Peg Gustafson, has named the diversion of federal small business contracts to large businesses as the number one problem at the SBA. (video)

Over a dozen federal investigations and investigative reports in the mainstream media have all found that billions of dollars in federal contracts, that by law should be going to America’s top job creators, have instead been knowingly diverted to many of the largest companies in the world. (video)

Last year, 235 Fortune 500 firms received federal small business contracts along with thousands of large businesses from around the world. (press release)

The simplest solution to creating jobs in America seems quite clear. Stop giving federal small business contracts to many of the largest corporations in the world.

President Obama has stated he is willing to use executive orders to solve America’s most pressing problems. Here is my suggestion for President Obama. Issue an executive order that simply stops the government policy of knowingly diverting federal small business contracts to corporate giants. It’s what I like to call a free and easy solution. No new taxes, no new spending, just end the rampant fraud and abuse at the SBA that has persisted for 15 years. (CBS news)

If President Obama did that, it would put more existing federal infrastructure spending into the middle class and create more jobs than any economic stimulus program he or former President Bush ever passed. Did I mention it was free and easy?!

Here is one more reason President Obama should issue an executive order to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants: It was a campaign promise he made in February of 2008 when he released the following statement.

“It is time to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.” (link)

We should all expect President Obama to do what he said he would do especially when it’s so simple and would create millions of jobs.