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News White House Focus, SES Visibility Help Agencies Meet Small Business Goals By Charles S. Clark Government Executive August 11, 2015The government's successin meeting mandatory small business contracting goals two years running is duelargely to White House focus...

News Federal Small Business Contracting: Fact or Fiction? By Neil GordonProject On Government Oversight July 7, 2015The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently boasted that the federal government exceeded itssmall business contracting target in fiscal year 2014....

News US Federal Contractor Registration: Small Business Set-Asides Discontinued After 30 Days of Large Business Acquisition By Max TimkoUS Federal Contractor Registration May 30, 2015ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwired - May 30, 2015) - US Federal Contractor Registrationassists...

News Senator bashes SBA and challenges its small business contract numbers By Dena LevitzFederal News Radio May 21, 2015The nation's smallbusinesses are being "cheated" because of serious flaws within thefederal procurement process, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said this...

White House Accused of Awarding Federal SB Contracts

News Skeptical Senate chairman asks SBA for list of every contractor it counted as a small business By Kent HooverWashington Business Journals May 19, 2015A Senatechairman has asked the Small Business Administration to provide him with a listof every company that was...

News Small Business Administration Uses Variety of Accounting Tricks to Give Contracts to Big Businesses By Steve StraehleyAllGov May 10, 2015Lockheed Martin is the largest federal contractor. It had morethan $45 billion in revenue in 2013 and currently employs...

News SBA Accused of Shortchanging Small Business Contractors By Rick H Procas May 8, 2015The consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen released aninvestigative reportduring National Small Business Weekaccusing the Small Business Administration (SBA) of using...

News It's time for SBA to get real about small business contracting numbers By Kent HooverWashington Business Journal May 8, 2015The Small Business Administration was planning to announceFriday that the federal government had met its goal of awarding 23 percent ofits...

News Advocacy Group Accuses SBA of Misapplying Law on Small Business Set-Asides By Charles S. Clark Government Executive May 8, 2015As it celebrates National Small Business Week, the Small BusinessAdministration is facing renewed accusations that its efforts to...

News Public Citizen Report: Federal Data on Small Business Share of Procurement Is WrongSBA Appears to Be Flouting the Law; Political Factors May Be at Play By Taylor LincolnPublic Citizen May 6, 2015WASHINGTON,D.C. – Claims in recent years by the U.S. Small Business...

News House Advances Bill to Curb Contract 'Bundling' that Favors Large Companies By Charles S. Clark Government Executive March 30, 2015Citing a shortage of accurate data on small business contracting, a Housepanel last week approved an umbrella bill (H.R.1481) aimed...

  News   House Advances Bill to Curb Contract 'Bundling' that Favors Large Companies By Charles S. Clark Government Executive March 30, 2015   Citing a shortage of accurate data on small business contracting, a House panel last week approved an umbrella...

News Congresswoman Hahn Amendment Calls for Investigation into Small Business Contracts Unfairly Awarded to Fortune 500 Companies UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE JANICE HAHN (CA-44) March 25, 2015Washington, DC—Today, Congresswoman Janice Hahn (CA-44) calledfor an...

News Obama wants to reorganize, merge federal agencies By Andy MediciFederal Times February 2, 2015President Obama wants Congress to give him the power toconsolidate agencies and create new departments – merging parts of agenciessuch as the FDA, Health and Human...

News Obama Revives Agency Consolidation Proposal By Charles S. ClarkGovernment Executive February 2, 2015Advance summaries of President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget say the $4trillion plan will include proposals to "consolidate and reorganizegovernment agencies to make...

News DOD, Sikorsky Appeal Ruling In FOIA Data Fight By Matt Sharp Law360 January 21, 2015Law360, New York (January 21, 2015, 7:46 PMET) -- The U.S.Department of Defense and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. on Wednesday appealed aCalifornia federal judge's order to cough up...

News 25-year-old 'test program' shields federal contract data, blocks fines By Kenric Ward Watchdog.org January 20, 2015While government agencies snoop into the private lives of Americans,Congress maintains a stone wall around trillions of dollars in public...

News 25-year-old 'test program' shields federal contract data, blocks fines By Kenric Ward Watchdog.org January 20, 2015 While government agencies snoop into the private lives of Americans, Congress maintains a stone wall around trillions of dollars in public...

News Businesses, Pentagon agree this program doesn't work. Congress saved it anyway.Small business group says shady tactics were used to conceil program's flaws By J.D. HarrisonThe Washington Post December 30, 2014Over thepast quarter century, the Defense Department...

News Businesses, Pentagon agree this program doesn't work. Congress saved it anyway. Small business group says shady tactics were used to conceil program's flaws By J.D. Harrison The Washington Post December 30, 2014 Over the past quarter century, the Defense...

News Defense Bill Extends Disputed Small Business Program By Charles S. Clark Government Executive December 15, 2014The massive fiscal 2015 defenseauthorization bill that cleared Congress on Friday renews for three years anobscure small business program that some...

News Pentagon May Be Forced to Release Aircraft Manufacturer's Contract Data By PilieroMazza PLLCJD Supra Business Advisor December 8, 2014Pentagon May Be Forced to ReleaseAircraft Manufacturer's Contract DataThe Petaluma, a California based American SmallBusiness...

News Solicitor Gen. Stalls DOD Release Of Sikorsky Contract Data By Kurt Orzeck Law360 December 4, 2014By Kurt OrzeckLaw360, Los Angeles(December 04, 2014, 6:08 PM ET) -- A California federal judge on Wednesdaydelayed his order requiring the Pentagon to cough up...

News DOD Must Give Sikorsky Contract Data To Small Biz Group By Khadijah M. Britton Law360 November 26, 2014Law360, New York (November26, 2014, 2:42 PM ET) -- A California federal court has ordered the Pentagon tocough up never-seen subcontracting data on Sikorsky...

News SBA Proposal Could Change Landscape for IT Resellers By John K. HigginsE-Commerce Times November 17, 2014Doing business with the U.S. government isalways a challenge. In addition to uncertain budgets, political infighting, andthe seemingly endless procurement...

News SBA proposed size standard change riles small IT resellers By Jason MillerFederal News Radio November 13, 2014TheSmall Business Administration is facing rising opposition to a proposed sizestandard for some companies that are IT value-added resellers. SinceSBA...

News Spectrum incentives, reseller rules, NOAA hacked and moreSBA's IT reseller rule change sparks lawsuit threat Federal Computer Week November 12, 2014The chairmanof the House Small Business Committee warned the Small Business Administrationthat its proposal to...

News SBA Takes Flak Over Revising Company Size StandardsRep. Sam Graves says SBA's proposed rule could prompt litigation. By Charles S. Clark Government Executive November 12, 2014A Small Business Administration's bid to modernize its classifications ofcompanies...

News The Myth of Federal Transparency: Government Celebrates Another Year of Failed Small Business Goals By Max TimkoLinkedin November 11, 2014It is difficult to encourage potentialaccomplishments with the American Government when data from previous years...