Steven C. Preston, who was sworn in by President Bush this week as head of the Small Business Administration, has already gotten a taste of the pressure he'll be under to reform the troubled agency.

The American Small Business League (ASBL), which has been a gadfly on SBA issues, asked Preston yesterday to release a list of all companies that competed for small business contracts in FY 2005.

ASBL President Lloyd Chapman noted that Preston promised during confirmation hearings to improve oversight for small business contracting, which Chapman says has been plagued by fraud and abuse.