News Contentious Debate Looms Over Small Business Venture Capital By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com September 14, 2007In the parlance of venture capitalists, it's known as the "valley of death," a place that small technology companies fear. No matter how good their...
News Half of federal agencies miss contract goals By Cyndia ZwahlenThe Los Angeles Times September 6, 2007School may just be getting started, but federal agencies have already received their first report card tracking how well they did in meeting their small-business...
News New SBA recertification rules kick in By Kelly SporsThe Wall Street Journal Online August 27, 2007The Small Business Administration's new federal contracting recertification rules took effect recently. Starting June 30, the government began requiring that all...
News Agencies fall short of small business contracting goals By Robert BrodskyGovernement Executive.com August 17, 2007The government as a whole and more than two thirds of agencies failed to meet small business contracting goals last year, according to figures...
News Small Businesses Responsible for Nearly All New JobsA new annual report sheds light on the impact entrepreneurs have on the overall economy. By Liz WebberInc.com August 16, 2007Businesses with fewer than 20 employees account for 90 percent of all U.S. firms and...
News Missteps found in awarding Katrina deals By APUSA Today August 13, 2007Missteps found in awarding Katrina deals WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration has shown little progress — and in some cases backtracked — on its pledge to do a better job in awarding...
News 'Iraqi first' policy hurts N.J. firm By Justo Bautistawww.northjersey.com August 11, 2007'Iraqi first' policy hurts N.J. firm Saturday, August 11, 2007 By JUSTO BAUTISTASTAFF WRITER www.northjersey.comA new policy that forces the U.S. military in Iraq to support...
News DHS says spending provision could hurt small business contracting By Elizabeth Newellwww.govexec.com August 3, 2007A provision in a House spending bill could hamper the Homeland Security Department's efforts to do business with small companies, an agency official...
News Under U.S. Small-Firm Programs, Big Dollars Flow To Big Firms By By ELISE CASTELLI And M.Z. HEMINGWAYDefenseNews.com July 19, 2007No one would consider Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a small business.The San Diego-based science, technology and...
News Will new contract rules help small biz? By Steve TripoliMarketplace June 29, 2007Small businesses are supposed to get 23% of federal government contracts. Yet, big companies have been winning some of those jobs. New rules take effect tomorrow that are intended to...
News Is small business getting the shaft? By Michelle Long June 18, 2007 Without a doubt, the federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the universe, spending more than $300 billion a year on everything from pencils to fighter jets. And...
News Five Questions for Lloyd Chapman, President of the American Small Business League By Shawn ZellerCQ Weekly May 21, 2007A former computer company executive, Chapman, 57, founded the league in 2002 after discovering that government contracts purportedly set aside...
News Small business seeks fair share: Proposed federal law offers bigger... By Brian NeillBradenton Herald May 16, 2007Small business seeks fair share: Proposed federal law offers bigger slice of contracts, but owners wary of detailsThe aim of a proposed law now...
News Owners slip through the small business loophole By Nicole HaleyDaily News Tribune May 15, 2007Waltham - As head of her own small business, Cindy Frene says she has enough trouble trying to compete in the marketplace without the federal government making it even...
News Size MattersLloyd Chapman blows the whistle on corporate favoritism at the Small Business Administration By Bruce RobinsonThe Bohemian May 9, 2007Four years later, Lloyd Chapman is still steamed.On May 8, 2003, Chapman appeared before a Capitol Hill hearing,...
News Congress plans to vote today on small business legislation increasing amount of government work By Melissa FrederickThe Examiner May 9, 2007WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote today on a somewhat weakened version of legislation that...
News SBA decides size really does matter By Ambrose ClancyLong Island Business News April 20, 2007It’s all part of a Small Business Administration effort to figure out if small businesses are really getting their fair share of federal contracts. While the SBA tries to...
News New regulations level field for small-firm contracts By Andrew JohnsonThe Arizona Republic April 19, 2007The U.S. Small Business Administration is introducing new rules this summer that will change when and how often firms must verify their status as a small...
News Data suggests feds inflated small-business stats by mislabeling firms By Todd WallackBoston Business Journal March 25, 2007General Electric Co. has more than 319,000 employees around the globe, including in Wilmington. The parent of Wenham's Mullen Advertising...
News Government chided for neglecting to meet mandatory small-business contracts By Melissa FrederickThe Examiner March 6, 2007WASHINGTON - New statistics indicate the federal government is not meeting legal requirements to award 23 percent of federal contract work to...
News Business IntelligenceA High-Stakes Battle for American Small Businesses By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com February 22, 2007Some people say Lloyd Chapman is tilting at windmills, but he's no Don Quixote. Sure, he's almost single-handedly taken on the massive federal...
News Consolidation hindering small firms' opportunitiesBundling, vendor merges helps expedite choosing process, but practice makes access the biggest hurdle By Marton DunaiContra Costa Times December 29, 2006For a small business, the most lucrative clients are large...
News Editorial: Time for state, local 'Google governments' Examiner December 28, 2006WASHINGTON - Perhaps the most significant reform of 2006 was passage of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Sen....
News Editorial: Time for state, local 'Google governments' Examiner December 28, 2006 WASHINGTON - Perhaps the most significant reform of 2006 was passage of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn,...
News OUR OPINIONS: Small businesses need a big hand By David McNaughtonThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution December 28, 2006Small businesses face enough challenges without having to fight their bigger peers for government work that's intended for the minnows of the...
News Shady Business in Washington By Kristin EdelhauserEntrepreneur.com December 27, 2006We've been hearing about it a lot recently--large companies receiving contracts from the federal government that were designated for small businesses. In fact, many studies have...
News Small Businesses Fight Fickle Rules By Ron NixonNew York Times December 27, 2006In 1995, Joseph N. Cooper won a multiyear contract worth up to $8 million to do public relations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He received the contract through a...
News Input: Large companies share of federal IT pie growingSubhead: No. of companies in federal market increases at all levels By William WelshWashington Technology December 26, 2006The percent of federal IT prime contract dollars going to large companies increased by...
News SBA regs ruffle feathersNew rules go too far, or not far enough, depending on whom you ask By Ethan ButterfieldWashington Technology December 18, 2006A fair shake in federal contracting is what small IT companies are after. But what constitutes “fair” is a matter...