News GSA boasts improvements in small business contracting By Elizabeth NewellGovexec.com September 18, 2008 The General Services Administration on Tuesday announced that it increased the percentage of its contract dollars going to small businesses during fiscal...
News SBA cuts may affect Dolly loans By Aaron NelsenBrownsville Herald September 17, 2008Budget and staffing cuts could hamper the U.S. Small Business Administration's response to hurricane victims, according to the American Small Business League.The agency's relief...
News Sandy Baruah takes over as US Small Business Administrator Thaindian.com September 2, 2008August 27th, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS - Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Santanu “Sandy” K. Baruah, an Indian American, has taken over as Acting Administrator of the Small...
News Obama Hood: Taxing Big Oil to Give Americans Another Stimulus Check By Jennifer LanceRed, Green and Blue August 27, 2008Unemployment rates in the United States hit a four-year high in July, and inflation rates have risen 1.32% since January 2008. In fact,...
News New Small-Business Chief Has Critics Already By Elizabeth OlsonNew York Times August 21, 2008WASHINGTON — Santanu K. Baruah, a former Commerce Department official, began serving this week as acting administrator of the Small Business Administration.President Bush...
News More Secrecy Won't Help David By Adam HughesOMBwatch.org August 21, 2008Over the last few weeks, there have been a smattering of reports about a modern-day David vs. Goliath struggle in federal contracting. In this saga, large government contractors are winning...
News Small-business optimism declines By Michael BuettnerThe Post and Courier August 18, 2008America's small-business owners are pretty unhappy these days, according to a leading organization that represents these enterprises that are the backbone of the national...
News Who benefits from this venture? By Deirdre ShesgreenSt. Luis Post-Dispatch August 18, 2008WASHINGTON — The St. Louis biotech firm Kereos Inc. might seem an ideal candidate to receive a special federal grant designed to encourage small businesses to pursue...
News Should VC-backed startups qualify for federal small business benefits? By Alain ShertertheDeal.com August 14, 2008A small business advocacy group is calling out U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D.-Calif., for pushing through legislation that...
News Group says McCain doesn't care 'a bit about small business' By Elizabeth RauberSan Francisco Business Times August 6, 2008The American Small Business League (ASBL) criticized Republican presidential candidate John McCain's Small Business Plan, claiming the plan...
News SBA faulted on set-aside check By Matthew WeigeltFCW.com July 28, 2008“Faith-based contracting” doesn’t bring out the best in people. In those situations, “we sit back and hope and pray the company we’re doing business with isn’t ripping us off too badly,” said...
News Lax Oversight a Problem in Federal SMB Programs By Ann AllITBusinessEdge.com July 28, 2008I wrote last year about concerns associated with the growing number of federal outsourcing contracts during the Bush administration and the government’s apparently lax...
News SBA Faces Credibility Gap Over SMB Contracting By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com July 24, 2008Capitol Hill’s two top lawmakers on small business have lashed out at President Bush for lapses at the Small Business Administration that exposed the agency to widespread...
News Reports Find Errors and Fraud in Small Business Administration Contracts By Elizabeth OlsonNew York Times July 24, 2008WASHINGTON — Two government reports have uncovered millions of dollars in federal contracts that were supposed to go to small businesses but...
News Small businesses shortchanged as Feds fail to reach contract goal By Kent HooverThe Business Review July 21, 2008The federal government failed to meet its goal of awarding 23 percent of its procurement dollars to small businesses, according to preliminary 2007...
News Outside the Beltway? Out of luck winning contracts By Frank BassAssociated Press July 17, 2008BELCHERTOWN, Mass. - Small firms that want to do business with the federal government must keep three cardinal rules in mind: Location, location, location. Companies...
News IG: Big Companies Look Small in Databases Set-Aside Alert July 11, 2008Federal procurement databases are still rife with examples of large businesses listed as small ones, despite repeated, well-publicized efforts to scrub the data, the Interior Department...
News Federal Investigation Reveals that Gov't Small Business Contracts went to Large Firms By J. NisenHispanicBusiness.com July 11, 2008With the Small Business Act of 1953, the U.S. Congress established that as many Federal Government contracts as practical should be...
News Investigators find Interior contract coding problems By Robert BrodskyGovExec.com July 10, 2008With nearly 50,000 employees in 27 countries and revenues topping $22.7 billion in 2007, John Deere Co. hardly qualifies as a small business.But, that's just how...
News SBA Needs to Clean Up Act on Small Business Contracting By Keith GirardAllbusiness.com July 10, 2008Of all the problems facing the Small Business Administration, one of its largest responsibilities -- overseeing the award of $100 billion in government contracts...
News Small Business Set-Aside Reform More LikelyCritics of the federal program to channel contracts to small business will use a recent court victory to push for laws to fix abuses. By Tosin MfonKiplinger Business Resource Center June 20, 2008Pressure to fix the small...
News Small-Business Agency's Problems Linger as Leader Moves on to HUD By Elizabeth OlsonNew York Times June 12, 2008WASHINGTON — Steven C. Preston’s signature accomplishment as head of the Small Business Administration was overhauling the agency’s disaster loan...
News Small-Business Agency's Problems Linger as Leader Moves on to HUD By Elizabeth Olson New York Times June 12, 2008 WASHINGTON — Steven C. Preston’s signature accomplishment as head of the Small Business Administration was overhauling the agency’s disaster loan...
News The Energy Squeeze By Adam PiorePortfolio.com June 5, 2008 Photograph by: Douglas Pizac/Associated Press Some contractors argue with their clients over design specifications or the size of the bill. But Anthony Rawls has an entirely different sticking point with...
News ASBL: SBA Will Start Damage Control By Chris CrumSmallbusinessnewz.com May 30, 2008 Recently, he American Small Business League (ASBL) won its fourth federal lawsuit against the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and it is making sure that everyone knows...
News SBA ordered to turn over records By Steve HartThe Press Democrat May 21, 2008 A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Small Business Administration to turn over records sought by a Petaluma small business advocacy group. The American Small Business League is suing...
News SBA ordered to reveal names of companies that got federal small business contracts Central Valley Business Times May 21, 2008Click here to listen or download (asbl-sba.mp3, 6.40 MB) • Federal judge gives SBA two weeks to comply • American Small Business...
News Venture Capital Wants Back Into Small Business Research Grants By Shawn ZellerCQ Politics May 17, 2008In late April, the House passed an apparently routine bill to reauthorize research grants for small businesses. But the appearance of “small business as usual”...
News Small firms rap SBA for thinking big By Ambrose ClancyLong Island Business News April 25, 2008This week, the U.S Small Business Administration celebrated “National Small Business Week 2008” amidst foul cries from some members of the small biz community.According...
News Democrats Attempt to Amend Small Business ActRevision would redefine small business By Abby PrinceSmallbusinessnewz.com April 24, 2008If Democrats succeed in their quest to amend the Small Business Act, it could have a devastating affect on small businesses. New...