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Supplemental Documents

Please find below a list of various sources of information, regarding the current policies of the United States Government and the investigations conducted to show the way that Large, Fortune 1000 Companies are in possession of contracts that should belong to Small Businesses.

ASBL Information

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    Important Stories

    "Data suggests feds inflated small-business stats by mislabeling firms." by Todd Wallace, Boston Business Journal

    "Feds Miscast Verizon, Dole and AT&T as Small Firms" by Larry Margasak, Washington Post

    "The Big Business of Small Business" By Elizabeth Brown

    "$10,000 Reward Offered For Small-Biz List" by David Hubler

    "Business Intelligence" by Keith Girard

    "Small-Business Advocates Want Contract Data Back On Website" by Jim Wyss

    "Federal Contract Information 'Disappears'" by Keith Girard

    "Defense Giants Got Funds Meant For Small Firms" by David Washburn

    "Small Businesses Fight Fickle Rules" by Ron Nixon

    "SBA Reveals Mystery Contract Violator" by Keith Girard

    "Small-business Deals Under Investigation" by Gail Repsher Emery

    "SBA Charade" by Lloyd Chapman

    "SBA Deals Go To Big Contractors" by Kevin J. Shay

    "Claim; New SBA Policy Will Divert Billions to Big Business" by RTO Online

    "SBA Pulls Sales, Employee DataFrom Web Site" by Ben Hammer

    "Impersonators in the Land of Small Business" by Ron Nixon

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    HR 3567 Rejection Statements, Press Releases and Recent Articles

    ASBL Press Release - August 21, 2007

    ASBL Press Release - September 17, 2007

    ASBL Press Release - October 1, 2007

    ASBL Press Release - October 15, 2007

    The Whitehouse Statement of Administration Policy regarding HR3567

    The US Chamber of Commerce's letter to the US House of Representatives.

    "Venture Capital Bill: Too Far, Too Fast?" by Keith Girard

    "Contentious Debate Looms Over Small Business Capital'" by Keith Girard

    "Half of Federal Agencies miss Contracting Goals." by Cyndia Zwahlen

    "Bill Could Open Door for Venture Capital FIrms." by Cyndia Zwahlen

    "Small Business Bill not without Opponents." by Ron DaParma

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    Government Reports

    SBA Small Business Procurement Awards Are Not Always Going To Small Businesses (Report Number - 05-15)

    Large Businesses Receive Small Business Awards (Report Number - 05-14)

    Review Of Selected Small Business Procurements (Report Number - 05-16)

    Audit Of The Contract Bundling Process (Report Number - 05-20)

    Audit Of Monitoring Compliance With 8(A) Business Development Regulations During 8(A) Business Development Contract Performance (Report Number - 06-15)

    The Central Contractor Registration Needs Large Business And Small Business Designation Improvements (Report Number - 06-18)

    SBA OIG Semi-annual report: (2005)

    SBA OIG Semi-annual report: (1995)

    SBA Analysis of Type-of-Business Coding for the Top 1,000 Contractors Receiving Small Business Awards in FY 2002

    GAO - Alaska Native Corporations: Increased Use Of Special 8(A) Provisions Calls For Tailored Oversight

    GAO - Commerce Information Technology Solutions: Next Generation Governmentwide Acquisition Contract

    GAO - Increased Use of Alaska Native Corporations' Special 8(a) Provisions Calls for Tailored Oversight

    GAO - Testimony Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives: Reporting of Small Business Contract Awards Does Not Reflect Current Business Size

    Contract Management Report "Small Business Act Certification Fraud: Raising the Stakes," by Al Krachman.

    Eagle Eye Analysis of Small Business Contracts going to Large Companies.

    Observations of an SBA Loophole by Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore Law School

    OMB Will Require Annual Re-Certification Of Small Firms on GSA Schedules, GWACs

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    SBA Proposes 'Grand-fathering' (Myth VS. Fact)

    "Small Businesses Seek Fair Fight for Contracts." Miami Herald writer, Jim Wyss Reports.

    "SBA Hearing Fields Opinions on Small Business" by the Chicago Tribune

    Federal Register: Proposed Issuance of Rules and Regulations

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    Letters and Quotes

    Senator John Kerry's letter to Robert Burton, Office of Federal Procurement.

    Quotes by Members of Congress and Government Officials on Abuses in Small Business Contracting.

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    State Statistics

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