News Obama's First Policy Retreat? By Nick BaumannMother Jones December 2, 2008Did Barack Obama just break his first campaign promise? On the campaign trail, Obama railed against big oil companies. He often criticized John McCain for backing tax cuts that would reward...
News Obama drops proposal for windfall profits tax By David Ivanovich Houston Chronicle December 2, 2008WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has shelved a proposal to slap the oil and gas companies with a new windfall profits tax because oil prices have dropped...
News Forbes: Let the Small Business Administration work By Michael P. ForbesAustin American Statesman December 1, 2008As President-elect Barack Obama hunkers down with the brightest minds in the country to craft a plan to restore market stability, economic growth and...
News Group Charges Obama Is Backtracking from Tax Promises By WebCPA staffwww.WebCPA.com November 26, 2008 A small business advocacy group is accusing President-elect Barack Obama of backing away from his campaign promises before he even takes office.The American...
News Credit still hard to get for retailers By Bob KoslowEast Volusia News November 21, 2008DAYTONA BEACH -- If one goal of the federal government's $700 billion emergency economic aid package passed in October was to restore access to credit, local retailers are not...
News Agencies lower bar to meet small-business contracting goals By Elise CastelliFederal Times November 4, 2008 One way to meet the government’s goal to increase small-business contracting is to lower the bar. That’s how three agencies met their mark in 2007. The...
News Answering the bailout callFinancial rescue plan likely to fuel new business for contractors By Alice LipowiczWashington Technology November 4, 2008Seeking to calm the storm that has rocked the global financial markets, Congress and President Bush approved a...
News Commentary: SBA's data cannot be trusted By Lloyd ChapmanFederal Times October 27, 2008 In his Oct. 6 commentary, “Improving SBA data,” Calvin Jenkins, the acting associate administrator for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Government Contracting and...
News Commentary: SBA's data cannot be trusted By Lloyd Chapman Federal Times October 27, 2008 In his Oct. 6 commentary, “Improving SBA data,” Calvin Jenkins, the acting associate administrator for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Government Contracting...
News Nader says groups endorsed Obama because of party affiliation By Amanda PetersonScripps Howard Foundation Wire October 27, 2008Washington - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said Friday that liberal Americans have settled for the Democratic...
News Small business group says fixing fraud would stimulate economy Central Valley Business Times October 27, 2008 • A new economic stimulus plan not needed -- if• ‘Enforce existing laws and end fraud and abuse’A small business advocacy group says fixing fraud and...
News SBA at a CrossroadsSen. John Kerry and other critics are looking to turn things around for the little guy at the SBA. By David PortEntrepreneur.com October 24, 2008 Talk to people inside the SBA and theyll say the agency is poised to emerge from several trying...
News Government Contracting and Small Businesses By Carol D. Leonnig October 22, 2008 Carol D.LeonnigWashingtonPost Government Accountability Reporter Wednesday,October 22, 2008; 2:00 PM WashingtonPost government accountability reporter Carol D. Leonnig was online...
News Government is doing worse at contracting with small businesses By Elise CastelliFederal Times October 22, 2008 Agencies came up short in meeting their small-business contracting goals in 2007, according to a new federal report. Agencies awarded only 22 percent of...
News ASBL attacks Bush record on small business October 22, 2008 The American Small Business League (ASBL) has attacked the outgoing president over his "anti-small business policies" that it claims have dismantled support for companies across the United States. In a...
News Scandal: Small Businesses Not Getting Fair Share of Gov. Contracts By BizboxSlate October 22, 2008 We are proud to say that it is our corporate brother, The Washington Post, that has broken a very important, front-page story: of the $89 billion worth of contracts...
News Agencies Counted Big Firms As SmallSBA Says It Will Correct Data on Federal Contracts By Carol D. LeonnigWashington Post October 22, 2008U.S. government agencies made at least $5 billion in mistakes in their recent reports of contracts awarded to small...
News McCain Struggles While Obama Pulls Ahead By Marcia WadeBlackEnterprise.com October 13, 2008 In Toledo Ohio, Sen. Barack Obama unveiled his economic rescue plan for the U.S. today. The four-part plan builds upon job creation, relief to families, relief to...
News Small business face big worriesBailout could compound loss of SDB program By Aaron NelsenThe Brownsville Herald October 4, 2008Passage of the $700 billion government bailout of Wall Street brought a measure of relief for languishing financial institutions, but...
News More Groups React to Bailout Bill By Irene JonesHispanicBusiness.com October 3, 2008 While it was no secret that senators Barrack Obama and John McCain announced weeks ago that they would vote for the $700 billion so-called "bailout bill," signed by President...
News Fixing Small Business Procurement in the Bailout Bill Bizbox.Slate.com October 2, 2008 The American Small Business League, a nonpartisan group (it has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president) that represents 100,000 small businesses nationwide, has been...
News Small Businesses Need More Incentives in Bailout Bill By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 2, 2008 Small businesses traditionally have been the odd man out in the high-powered world of Washington politics, which has long dominated by deep-pocketed corporations....
News FAR reaching Bailout By Marcia WadeBlackEnterprise.com October 1, 2008Everyone (who didn’t get it before) is starting to understand why the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act is necessary to ensure that the credit markets start flowing and that...
News Rescue Package Hostile to Small Business? By Dennis RomeroEntrepreneur October 1, 2008The American Small Business League, a nonprofit organization that represents small businesses across the nation (100,000 by its own count), today expressed fears that the...
News American Small Business League Slams "Bailout Bill"For Use of Vague Language By Chris CrumSmallBusinessNewz.com October 1, 2008 The Bush "bailout bill" has drawn some criticism from small business enthusiasts, namely the American Small Business League (ASBL)...
News SBA ordered to cough up contracting data Central Valley Business Times September 29, 2008• Government agency loses Freedom of Information lawsuit • ‘All of the information the Bush Administration has been releasing … is misleading and disingenuous’ The Small...
News SBA Continues To Fail Small Businesses By Lloyd Chapman - Special to the Worcester Business JournalWorchester Business Journal September 29, 2008 Most Americans think of the Small Business Administration (SBA) as the agency that is supposed to help small...
News SMALL BIZ PAYS BIG PRICEEVEN CREDIT-WORTHY BORROWERS SHUNNED By Jennifer FerminoNew York Post September 25, 2008 With a cult following, record profits and an enviable credit rating, this SoHo gym should have been a shoo-in for a bank loan to expand. Instead, the...
News SBA appeals ruling to release contracting data Central Valley Business Times September 25, 2008• Appeals from August ruling • ‘It's obvious the Bush Administration has something to hide’ The U.S. Small Business Administration has decided to appeal a U.S....
News SBA budget cuts could prolong recovery processGuest Commentary By Lloyd ChapmanHouston Business Journal September 24, 2008Relief to small businesses and homeowners recovering from this season’s round of hurricanes will be dramatically hampered by a series of...