ASBL News

News Email to JD Harrison at the Washington Post from the ASBL July 25, 2013To JD Harrison: The info that you and Lloyd talked about today 5-14 Summary: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation to determine whether small business procurement...

News Small biz goals fall shortDespite improvements for prime work, gap widens for subcontract By Nick WakemanWashington Technology July 8, 2013The Small Business Administration reported that the federal government again missed the mark for small business contracting...

News IRS scandal exposes small-biz pass-throughs By JIM McELHATTONFederal Times July 7, 2013Seven months ago, the Treasury Department boasted that it exceeded its small-business contracting goals for the second straight year, singling out for “exceptional performance”...

News Federal government falls short of small business contracting goals (yet again) By J.D. HarrisonThe Washington Post July 2, 2013 The federal government made progress toward but again fell short of its stated small business contracting goals this past year,...

News A Cheater's Guide to Winning $500 Million in Government Contracts By Patrick ClarkBloomberg Businessweek June 26, 2013Yesterday a Congressional committee published a 157-page report alleging a government contractor used questionable behavior to win federal...

News IRS-Contractor Ties Seen as Influencing $500 Million in Awards By Danielle Ivory and Richard RubinBloomberg News June 25, 2013A small technology contractor that won more than $500 million in Internal Revenue Service awards in less than a year had a “cozy”...

News How big is small? SBA increases size standards for 70 industries Central Valley Business Times June 20, 2013 Companies four North American Industry Classification System sectors and one subsector can now be bigger and still be classified as “small” businesses...

News Government Errors Hurt Small Businesses Project on Government Oversight June 14, 2013Are small businesses treated as “the lifeblood of our Nation’s free enterprise system” that George Bush Sr. described them to be? To answer this question, we must first look back...

News SBA's Karen Mills Is No Friend to Small Business By Chuck Blakeman American Banker June 3, 2013American Banker Magazine's recent article on the Small Business Administration's outgoing chief, Karen Mills, was quite a love-fest. Here's the other side of the story...

News Government awards small-business contracts to large companies Britton Law, P.A. May 31, 2013Small businesses in North Carolina and throughout the country create most of the net new jobs in America. The expenses incurred by these job-creating small businesses,...

News Eliminating Fraud in Small Business Contracting By Lacie Schwarz and Will HixsonBetter Government Competition May 20, 2013What do the iconic brands Pepsi, Disney, Johnson & Johnson and Costco have in common? They’re amongst some of the largest companies to have...

News Local man Fights for Small Business Contracts By Matt BrownARGUS-COURIER May 14, 2013Lloyd Chapman knows all too well the heartache of losing a lucrative government contract, especially for a small business.As sales manager for a Petaluma-based computer company...

News They Are Murdering Small Business: The Percentage Of Self-Employed Americans Is At A Record Low By MichaelThe Economic Collapse May 2, 2013 The percentage of Americans that are working for themselves has never been lower in the history of the United States. Once...

News Large Corporations Continue to Grab Contracts Meant for Small Businesses By Danny Biederman, Noel BrinkerhoffAllGov April 25, 2013 Small business advocates have complained for years about large corporations winning federal government contracts intended for the...

News Security Contractors Plead Guilty To Illegally Obtaining $31 Million From Contracts Intended For Disadvantaged Small Businesses Alexandrianews.org March 18, 2013Executives at two Arlington-based businesses have pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than...

News Small Business Administration Criticized For Backing Big, Corporate Interests By Catherine NewThe Huffington Post March 15, 2013A watchdog group charged this week that the federal Small Business Administration lobbied on behalf of large corporations, adding to...

News New legislation requires small business contracting By Paula Burkes NewsOK March 5, 2013 Q&A with Carter MerkleNew federal legislation requires contracting with small businessQ: Earlier this year, President Barack Obama recommitted to meeting small business...

News Women Lose More Ground in U.S. Small Business Contracts Race By Danielle IvoryBloomberg January 24, 2013U.S. government contracts to women-owned small businesses dropped for the second consecutive year, declining at a faster rate than awards to their male...

News Not supporting small business is economic suicide, observers of economy say By Adrienne Burke Small Biz Vote December 22, 2012 In online opinion pieces this week, two leading observers of small business economics criticized the Obama Administration and...

News Big Business Wolves Pose in Small Biz ClothesAs federal agencies count every penny, big firms scoop up contracts meant for entrepreneurs. By Jeremy QuittnerInc.com November 19, 2012Is Medtronic a small business? How about General Dynamics? The federal government...

News SBA no shot in the armSmall-biz loans lag By Josh KosmanNew York Post October 31, 2012At a time when small-business owners are struggling and legislators are looking for ways to jump-start the economy, a key government program tasked with helping small businesses...

News The Two Faces of Nydia Velasquez: Champion of the Working Class, Darling of Wall Street By Shayna EstulinThe Brooklyn Inc. September 3, 2012 On a sunny Monday morning this past June, surrounded by dozens of children holding signs with "We Love our Daycare" and...

News DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ACCUSED OF BRIBING NAVY OFFICIALS By Greg MoranUT San Diego August 24, 2012SAN DIEGO — The owners of two defense contracting firms pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that they bribed officials at North Island Naval Air...

News The Case of the $100 Billion Error By Justin ElliottPropublica August 16, 2012This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Anxiety is rising in Washington about the big cuts to military spending slated to go into effect in January unless Congress takes...

News House Votes to Stop Future Funding of Rosoboronexport By ANDREW WYNERProject on Government Oversight August 1, 2012The House of Representatives voted to cut off future government deals with a Russian government-owned arms contractor that has provided more than $1...

News .Obama administration helps large companies compete with small business By Steven JohnsonExaminer.com August 1, 2012Small Business owners now find themselves fighting not only large US corporations, but also large foreign corporations, when contracting with the...

News U.S. May Miss Small-Business Contract Goal for 12th Year in Row By Danielle IvoryBloomberg July 3, 2012The U.S. government missed its small- business contracting goal in fiscal 2011 for at least the 11th straight year and may be on its way to the 12th. The U.S....

News Federal Small Business Contract Goal Missed For 6th Straight Year By Nate HindmanHuffington Post July 3, 2012Main Street lost out on billions in 2011 because the U.S. government missed its goal of awarding 23 percent of all federal contract dollars to small...

News Small business share of contracts shrunk slightly in 2011, SBA reports By Charles S. ClarkGovExec July 3, 2012The Small Business Administration on Tuesday released its annual score card on federal contract dollars won by small businesses, reporting that...