ASBL News

News Affirmative Action Under Assault By Linn Washington Jr.Philadelphia Tribune November 1, 2011Former President Bill Clinton adopted a mend-it-don’t-end-it posture toward affirmative action in 1995, refusing to placate white conservatives at war with this equity...

News Fraud and Loopholes Deliver Small-Business Contracts to Big Firms By ROBB MANDELBAUMNew York Times November 1, 2011It’s been a busy season for combating fraud in government contracts for small business, for prosecutors enforcing the law as well as the legislators...

News President Obama Solution; Kill Minority Owned Businesses… By Harry Alfordhttp://thyblackman.com/2011/10/30/president-obama-solution-kill-minority-ow October 30, 2011It all looked so good in the beginning. There has been a change, but not what we expected....

News Bill would increase oversight of small-business contracts By Kendall TaggartCalifornia Watch October 20, 2011Newly proposed legislation would increase oversight of federal small-business contracts, which in recent years have gone to several large companies....

News Sizing Up the Small-Business Jobs Machine By Carl BialikWall Street Journal October 15, 2011Praise of small businesses as the engine of the American economy is as much a part of political campaigns as bus tours, small-town diners and recycled stump speeches. This...

News Contracts worth billions set aside; who qualifies? By Jerry ChautinHarald Tribune September 26, 2011The U.S. Small Business Administration's loan guarantee programs give lenders a bit more comfort to approve borderline applicants they would reject...

News Commentary: Don't abolish incentives for minority-owned contractors By Lloyd ChapmanWashington Post September 16, 2011Less than 24 hours after addressing the nation with a new jobs bill titled the American Jobs Act, the Obama administration released plans to...

  News   Commentary: Don't abolish incentives for minority-owned contractors By Lloyd Chapman Washington Post September 16, 2011   Less than 24 hours after addressing the nation with a new jobs bill titled the American Jobs Act, the Obama administration...

News Burr Bill Harms Small Business By Lloyd ChapmanCharlotte Business Journal September 2, 2011U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation that could devastate small businesses in his home state and nationwide. The Department of Commerce and the...

News Look to Small, Minority Businesses for Job Creation By Roger A. CamposFederal Times September 1, 2011Reducing the deficit is necessary for the nation's long-term fiscal health, but the main focus of Congress and the president should be creating jobs. The American...

News Starbucks CEO to the Rescue? By Katherine ScarrowThe Globe and Mail September 1, 2011"The most effective economic stimulus President Barack Obama and Congress could implement would be to direct more existing federal infrastructure spending to small businesses,...

News Senate Grills SBA Over Federal Contracts By Jason FellEntrepreneur.com July 27, 2011 Billions of dollars in federal contracts that are intended for U.S. small business might actually be awarded to large companies -- and the Senate isn't happy about it.At a...

News Senate inquiry finds big companies taking small business contracts By David GoldsteinMiami Herald July 26, 2011 WASHINGTON -- Federal contracts intended for small business are being awarded to large corporations, according to a Senate inquiry.They are being...

News How to help the drivers of job growth By Loren SteffyHouston Chronicle July 16, 2011 If the entire economy could have fit into the room at Houston's Lakeside Country Club, it would be fixed.The 30 or so people who gathered there recently exuded a determination...

News Obama: No Friend of Small Business? By Gavin AronsenMother Jones June 28, 2011In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama called small business growth key to the economic recovery. "We should start where most new jobs do—in small businesses, companies...

News Small business group says Obama Administration misleads the public By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times June 28, 2011•  Says latest SBA figures are wrong •  ‘It is time for the Obama Administration to stop misleading the public’ Sixty-one out of the top...

News Report: Administration misleads on small-business contracts By Alexander BoltonThe Hill June 27, 2011The Obama administration reports it has nearly met Congress’s goal of giving 23 percent of federal contracts to small businesses, but a new analysis shows that...

News Economic Policies Of Obama Administration Ignoring Small Businesses By Mai LeeEWireInformer.com June 22, 2011 The American Small Business League released a statement on June 21st criticizing the Obama Administration about their failure to implement economic...

News SBA called slow to kill duplicative programs and curb improper payments By Charles S. ClarkGovernment Executive June 16, 2011The Small Business Administration has not responded quickly or thoroughly to demands that it reduce duplication in its programs and cut...

News SBA Fraud Hearing Discusses Loan Agent Abuses, Enforcement, Set Asides, Agency Abolition By Anthony CritelliGovWin.com June 16, 2011Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, chaired a hearing earlier...

News House Committee Goes Rogue on Small Business Grants By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com May 24, 2011The House Small Business Committee is fast becoming known as a Billionaires' Club for its ardent support of venture capital groups and high-flying hedge funds in what...

News American Small Business League Announces a Problem Obama's New Small Business Agenda By StaffStreetInsider.com May 19, 2011On Monday, May 13, the Obama Administration released what President Obama called "The Small Business Agenda: Growing America’s Small...

News Supreme Court endorses SBA secrecy By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times May 18, 2011•  Won’t hear appeal in phone records case•  ‘We’ll continue to pursue this information until it is public’Records of telephone calls by the public relations chief of the...

News Defense Department sued over Raytheon info By StaffUPI April 8, 2011PETALUMA, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- The American Small Business League is suing the U.S. Department of Defense for refusing to release data on contracts awarded the Raytheon Co.The ASBL said suit...

News What a federal shutdown might do to your business By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times April 7, 2011•  Tax refunds delayed and more •  Lawmakers fiddle as the clock ticks If the federal government “shuts down” Friday night at 9 p.m. Pacific time, here’s...

News What is Obama trying to hide? By Lloyd ChapmanThe Daily Caller March 28, 2011The American Small Business League has filed 12 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Obama administration for refusing to release simple, routine information on federal...

News Small Business Bushwhacked Again on SBIR Research Grants By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com March 28, 2011The new Congress is looking a lot like the old Congress in the debate over two key conduits of federal research and development grants for small businesses --...

News American Small Business League Sues Navy Over Transparency By StaffHispanicBusiness.com March 25, 2011The American Small Business League (ASBL) on March 23 filed a suit against the U.S. Department of the Navy after the agency allegedly refused to fully release...