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Minority firms get few contracts

News Minority firms get few contractsTwo lawmakers are asking whether small and minority-owned businesses have been given a fair chance to compete for contracts By Hope YenAssociated Press October 9, 5600 WASHINGTON - Minority-owned businesses say they're paying the...

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Being a Voice For Small Business

News Being a Voice For Small BusinessPetaluma resident Lloyd Chapman founded the American Small Business League in an effort to ensure small companies benefit from government programs designed to help them By Ted GrossPetaluma Argus-Courier October 9, 5600 When Lloyd...

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Real Change: New President Gets VC

News Real Change: New President Gets VCBarack Obama has an affinity for venture capital that dates back to his days as a state senator By Brad SpirrisonVCJ: Venture Capital Journal October 9, 5200Steven Lazarus had just sat down after accepting a lifetime achievement...

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Does the SBA Matter?

News Does the SBA Matter?Its status and budget have shrunk. Do small business owners care? Tell Us what you think. By Geoff LewisSmall Business Review October 9, 5200 Does the Small Business Administration really matter to the health of America's small business...

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Troubling preference

News Troubling preferenceIt's time to scale back federal no-bid program for Native firms Anchorage Daily News October 9, 4400 Is it any wonder that small and minority-owned businesses in the Lower 48 are steamed about a federal bidding preference that has helped...

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Senate Committee Approves Preston for SBA Post

News Senate Committee Approves Preston for SBA PostFollowing the 18-0 vote, the nomination now moves to the full Senate for consideration. By Angus LotenInc.com October 9, 4400 Steven Preston, a former corporate executive, was unanimously approved by a Senate...

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Obama Backs Off Windfall Tax Pledge

News Obama Backs Off Windfall Tax Pledge By Newsmax.com StaffNewsmax.com October 9, 4000 President-elect Barack Obama has backed away from a campaign promise to levy a windfall profits tax on big oil. Obama spoke about a windfall profits tax as early as April. With...

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Agency critic not letting up

News Agency critic not letting up By Thuy-Doan LeSacramento Bee October 9, 4000 Lloyd Chapman doesn't mind being a thorn in the side of the U.S. Small Business Administration.A longtime critic of the agency, Chapman, who is president and founder of the Petaluma-based...

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Bush Names Small Business Administration Chief

News Bush Names Small Business Administration ChiefBut Sandy Baruah, a Commerce Dept. official, has only limited small-biz experience, and, if confirmed, will have only a few months to serve By John TozziBusiness Week October 9, 3600President Bush on June 25 tapped a...

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Fight for the Little Guy

News Fight for the Little GuyPetaluma man wrests federal contracts from big business By Ilana DeBareSan Francisco Chronicle October 9, 3600 When Lloyd Chapman was a teenager, his father used to talk over dinner about the government contracts he'd put out for bid as a...

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Determining What Constitutes a Small Business

News Determining What Constitutes a Small BusinessHearings to hash out where the limits are in different industries By Ilana DeBareSan Francisco Chronicle October 9, 3600 How small is a small business?No, that is not a Zen riddle. It's a question being asked by the...

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Big Companies in Small-Biz Clothing

News Big Companies in Small-Biz ClothingAn SBA report finds that $2 billion in government contracts earmarked for small outfits went to large corporations instead By Erin ChambersBusiness Week Online October 9, 3600 More than $2 billion in federal contracts supposedly...

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Commentary: The real GSA scandal

News Commentary: The real GSA scandal By Elliott RosenfeldWashington Post October 9, 3200As more details about wasteful spending and outright fraudulent practices at the General Services Administration are emerging, it becomes clearer every day that there is a far...

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SBA to redefine small-business size

News SBA to redefine small-business size By David HublerFederal Computer Week October 9, 3200 The Small Business Administration plans to issue a regulation to revise the rules regarding contractor reporting and certification of small-business size status.The Federal...

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SBA deals go to big contractors

News SBA deals go to big contractors By Kevin J. ShayGazette.net October 9, 3200 Federal agencies have a goal of awarding 23 percent of contracts to small companies – potentially worth more than $70 billion annually.The U.S. Small Business Administration helped small...

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SBA: Small businesses power nation's economy

News SBA: Small businesses power nation's economy Gazette.net October 9, 3200 Virtually every American private employer is a small business, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Small Business Administration.In 2005, small businesses accounted for 99.7...

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SBA Accused of Illegal Lobbying

News SBA Accused of Illegal Lobbying By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 3200 Hell hath no fury like a Congressman scorned. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., still smarting over the way small business groups ambushed his recent hearing into the Small Business...

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Chief defends SBA's existence

News Chief defends SBA's existence By Kara RowlandWashington Times October 9, 3200 The Small Business Administration defended its existence yesterday as critics slammed its response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and questioned the agency's definition of a small...

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