News House Democrat Calls on SBA Head to Quit By Frank BassAssociated Press October 9, 7200 WASHINGTON -- Citing enormous backlogs and high rates of declined loans for hurricane victims, a House Democrat on Wednesday called on the head of the Small Business...
News Small businesses losing U.S. deals By Marguerite HigginsWashington Times October 9, 7200 Small businesses aren't winning as many lucrative contracts designated for them as the federal government has reported, a study by Congress' investigative arm has found.About...
News Study Faults U.S. Contracting With Small Firms Washington Post October 9, 7200 Federal agencies have been taking credit for awarding contracts to small businesses that have actually wound up with large companies, according to a General Accounting Office report...
News IGs recommend harsher deterrents for small biz fraud By Jolie LeeFederal News Radio October 9, 0The federal government does not have strong enough deterrents to fight small business contracting fraud, said two inspectors general before a House committee hearing....
News SBA critic blasts latest nominee for SBA chief Central Valley Business Times October 9, 0• Says Sandy Baruah has no small business experience • ‘The Bush Administration will try to close the Small Business Administration altogether’ The proposed administrator...
News SBA sued to release name of contractor By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times October 9, 0 The U.S. Small Business Administration has been sued in an effort to get it to release the name of a company that the SBA inspector general said should be banned...
News SBA Contract Fight Heads to Court By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 0 Small business advocate Lloyd Chapman is determined to find out more about an alleged federal small business contract fraud, and he's filed suit in federal court to pry the information...
News Interior faulted on small-business contracts By Matthew WeigeltFCW.com October 9, 6800The Interior Department took credit during the past two years for more than $5.7 million in small-business contracts that it actually awarded to large corporations, some of...
News House Dems blast lack of fed policy change for small biz By Ethan ButterfieldWashington Technology October 9, 6800 Democrats on the House Small Business Committee today said Congress has failed in its efforts to help small businesses, specifically sighting its...
News GAO Points Finger at SBA Alaska Program By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 6800 Alaska is the nation's final frontier, but when it comes to a special loan program for Native American small businesses, the "wild frontier" may be a more apt description.Over...
News US Is Examining Government Contracts Meant for Small FirmsHP denies charges that it uses VAR customer data to expand direct sales By Karen Robinson-JacobsLos Angeles Times October 9, 6800 Advocates say they are frustrated by loopholes, errors and fraud that allow...
News Federal Agents Pre-Dawn Raid On Reporter's Home Raises Questions By Todd Starnes October 9, 6400Federal Agents Pre-Dawn Raid On Reporter's Home Raises Questions
News GSA scandal sheds light on small business contracting fraud By J.D. HarrisonWashington Post October 9, 6400Buried in the laundry list of misconduct claims against the General Services Administration is further evidence of what at least one federal official and...
News Help On The Way For Venture-Backed Businesses? By Marc TracyBizBox by Slate October 9, 6400After we read that venture capitalists, angel investors, and the like want the federal government to give venture-backed businesses the ability to tap small...
News Thinking Small By Editorial StaffHartfordBusiness.com October 9, 6400The Obama Administration deserves credit for its recent pledge to make it easier for borrowers to apply for Small Business Administration loans and for lenders to supply the cash. The...
News Procure your piece of the bailoutThe Treasury says small companies will have a shot at Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fulfillment contracts, but history suggests big businesses will be the big winners. By Emily MaltbyCNNMoney.com October 9,...
News Senator Snowe favors tiered size standards. Set-Aside Alert October 9, 6400 Senate Small Business Committee Chair Olympia Snowe is urging SBA to consider tiered size standards "to enable competition among firms of similar size." In a statement, she pointed to a...
News Small Business League Crusades to Shut Down 25-Year-Old Government Subcontracting Test Program By Kim MaysITBusinessEdge October 9, 6000According to a recent newsrelease, the Pentagon is denying the request from the American Small BusinessLeague (ASBL) to release...
News Contractor to Repay Government for Scheme By Jerry Seper Washington Times October 9, 6000One of the world's largest defense contractors — the Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp. — agreed on Friday to pay $15.8 million to the U.S. government to settle...
News For public officials, financial disclosure gets easierTwo Los Angeles entrepreneurs, competing against much larger firms, win a State Department contract to provide electronic forms that can be used worldwide. By Ronald D. WhiteLos Angeles Times October 9,...
News Small Business and the $700B BailoutTreasury asks small businesses to register with the government for consideration as financial agents and procurement contractors for the Troubled Asst Relief Program. By Sarah JohnsonCFO.com October 9, 6000 The U.S. Treasury...
News Judge orders SBA to release contracting data By Stacey LaskinThe Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press October 9, 6000The United States Small Business Association (SBA) must reveal the names of businesses to which it provides government contracts, U.S....
News Judge: SBA Must Disclose Contract Recipients By Eileen KennedyWorchester Business Journal October 9, 6000 A California federal judge has ruled against the U.S. Small Business Administration and required it to reveal what companies have received small business...
News Trump's Proposed Budget Would be Devastating for Inner City Economic Development - ICIC ICIC During his election campaign, President Donald Trump promised the American people he'd slash federal spending and roll back duplicative programs. So when his...
News SBA charadeCongress must stop letting corporate giants steal from little firms By Lloyd ChapmanRocky Mountain News October 9, 5600 People across the country were horrified when ABC and CBS recently ran stories reporting that millions of dollars in contracts to...
News Feel Cheated?The SBA's corruption scandals should fuel your fire. By Lloyd ChapmanEntrepreneur Magazine October 9, 5600 What happened to the SBA? Over the past several years, the SBA's budget, staff and employee morale have been cut in half. Investigations by the...
News SBA Programs Set for Major OverhaulUnanimous vote approves a reauthorization of disaster-relief loans, among other changes. By Kathryn TuggleInc.com October 9, 5600 In the first development since Steven Preston was sworn in as administrator of the Small Business...
News Contracts database short on info, long on problems By Chris GosierFederal Times October 9, 5600 When administration officials this year sought data to learn more about the booming practice of interagency contracting, there was one place they couldn't go for the...
News Media Firms Counted As Small Businesses By Frank BassAssociated Press October 9, 5600 WASHINGTON -- Some of the nation's largest news media companies, including The Associated Press, were counted last year by the government as small businesses for contracting...
News Minority firms getting few Katrina contracts Associated Press October 9, 5600 WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office is looking into whether small and minority-owned businesses have been given a fair opportunity to compete for the...