News Federal government misses its small business contracting mandates By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times August 21, 2009• Only one agency makes their goals • Where are the billions going? Again in 2008 as in previous years, federal tax dollars failed to...
News Small Biz Earns Federal Work, Or Not By StaffBusiness Examiner August 21, 2009Small businesses won a record $93.3 billion in federal prime contracts in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008, an increase of almost $10 billion from 2007, according to the U.S. Small...
News US Misses Target for Small-Business Contracts By Victoria E. KnightThe Wall Street Journal August 21, 2009The federal government has fallen further short of its goal of awarding nearly a quarter of its contracts to small businesses, according to data released...
News The annual SBA scorecard controversy By Elizabeth NewellGovernmentExecutive.com August 21, 2009 Press releases on the small business numbers released today are trickling in.The American Small Business League, which has vehemently criticized the SBA's data for...
News Is Obama Reading this Blog? By Tim Devaney and Tom SteinAllBusiness.com August 20, 2009We’ve often said in this blog that more federal small-business contracts should go to actual small businesses. That’s the law. Of course, the U.S. government (and every other...
News More Stimulus Contracts to Go to Small Businesses By WebCPA StaffWebCPA August 19, 2009The Small Business Administration and the Commerce Department plan to offer more federal contracts to small businesses, but a small business advocacy group is skeptical.Federal...
News Report: Federal small-firm money goes to big companies By Jan NormanOC Register August 13, 2009Five of the top 10 small-business federal contractors this year are really big companies, according to a report for Petaluma-based American Small Business League.The...
News Small-Business Stimulus Loans Off to Slow StartBanks have created high hurdles for applicants and rejected many, like Mark Rusin, owner of the Loop in Arizona. By ROBB MANDELBAUMNew York Times August 12, 2009Small-business owners hoping for some assistance of the...
News Agencies still miss small-business goals By Elise CastelliFederal Times August 9, 2009 Agencies are slipping further and further from meeting governmentwide small-business contracting goals.Congress requires agencies to spend 23 percent of their combined...
News AUDIO: Fraud rampant in federal small business contracting says ASBL By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times August 7, 2009• Says Congress, Obama, are ignoring the problem • ‘This issue defines politics in America today’ Figures showing the federal...
News Lloyd Chapman's Crusade on Government Contracting and Small Business By Steve KingSmall Business Labs July 31, 2009Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said that “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the...
News An unusual battle: big business vs. small business By Nick BrokawCapitol Weekly July 22, 2009In a clash of business interests, the California Chamber of Commerce finds itself in an odd position: It doesn’t support federal legislation that would generate billions...
News CIT failure could unleash slew of bankruptcies By Andrew S. RossSan Francisco Chronicle July 17, 2009Move along. Nothing to see here. That appears to be the view of the Obama administration as it allows CIT Group Inc. to desperately look for other financing, or...
News Fox News, CNBC Pundit Wages War With U.S. Hispanic Chamber Over Small Business Bill By Rob KuzniaHispanicBusiness.com July 17, 2009An advocate for small businesses has launched a war of words with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, publicly assailing the...
News For small businesses, CIT is already failingCIT has historically been a key financier for small companies, but since last year, its lending volume has slowed to a trickle. By Emily MaltbyCNNMoney.com July 16, 2009NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The small business...
News CIT Bankruptcy Will Prolong, Deepen the Recession By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com July 16, 2009The collapse of small business lender CIT Group seems all but inevitable, after the company said on July 15 that “there is no appreciable likelihood” that it will get...
News CIT Reportedly Close to Getting Federal Aid By Michael CohnWebCPA July 15, 2009CIT Group is moving nearer a deal to get help from the Treasury and the FDIC as the firm struggles with a cash crunch that threatens to choke off credit to small businesses.The company...
News When the Going Gets Tough...Start a Business By Tim Devaney and Tom SteinAllBusiness.com June 25, 2009 A new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation suggests that the best of times really are the worst of times. Or vice versa. Titled "The Economic Future...
News Increase in Native corporation contracts brings Senate scrutinyCONTRACTS: Analysis reveals only a fifth were done in Alaska. By Erika BolstadAnchorage Daily News June 24, 2009 WASHINGTON -- An investigation into how Alaska Native corporations are landing billions...
News SBA Chief's Priority Is Helping Next AppleWe sit down with Karen G. Mills to talk about her strategiesand the controversy they've been generating. By Jonathan N. CrawfordKiplinger June 18, 2009President Obama’s new Small Business Administration chief is mapping...
News Should VCs Be Regulated by the Feds? By By Stefan DeeranBNET June 18, 2009 Venture capitalists are not happy with Barack Obama’s new plans to regulate America’s financial system. One line in the President’s proposal has kicked the VC community’s lobbying efforts...
News House Ready to Steam Roll Venture Capital Bill By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 11, 2009It’s baaack! Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., introduced a bill this week in Congress that would make significant changes to two of the government’s most successful small business...
News Small businesses to benefit from new legislation By StaffCapital Solutions Bancorp June 3, 2009Not only have many small businesses watched their profits decline over the last year as consumers keep cash tucked firmly in their wallets, but many have also had...
News Bill Would Bolster Federal Contracts For Entrepreneurs By Dennis RomeroEntrepreneur June 1, 2009Congressman Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, is proposing new legislation that he says will close loopholes that allow federal contracts intended for small business...
News Small business voice fears venture capitalists set to gain By StaffCapital Solutions Bancorp June 1, 2009The American Small Business League has been vocal over the past few months about President Obama's plans to help the small business community.Earlier this...
News Central Valley congressmen co-sponsor small business bill By StaffCentral Valley Business Times June 1, 2009• Say it could bring billions in new federal contracts to California• Would conform contracting to the law, say supportersTwo of the Central Valley’s...
News Act seeks to end diversion of small business contracts By StaffFresno Business Journal May 26, 2009On May 22, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., introduced a bill that would make sure federal small business contracts are awarded to independently owned companies instead of...
News Bill Introduced to Restrict Small Business Contracting By StaffWeb CPA May 26, 2009Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., has introduced a bill that would ensure that small business government contracts go only to small businesses instead of the subsidiaries of large...
News Congress gets contracting 'transparency' bill By StaffCentral Valley Business Times May 23, 2009The issue of whether the federal government ignores the law by giving government deals to major corporations that were meant for small businesses could be put to rest...
News Congress gets contracting 'transparency' bill By Staff Central Valley Business Times May 23, 2009 The issue of whether the federal government ignores the law by giving government deals to major corporations that were meant for small businesses could be put to...