ASBL News

News SBA pulls sales, employee data from Web site By Ben HammerWashington Business Journal December 15, 2006The Small Business Administration has removed company-specific revenue and employee figures from a public database. The online Central Contractor Registry is a...

News Federal Contract Information 'Disappears' By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com December 14, 2006The ongoing battle over alleged small business contract fraud in the federal government has taken an Orwellian twist, according to one small business advocate. Lloyd...

News SBA Contracting Rules Draw Fire By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com December 12, 2006In the month since the Small Business Administration published new contracting rules, a growing number of critics are taking the agency to task over a loophole in size standards for...

News Small Business Fed Contracts: Does GTSI Qualify? By Joseph F. KovarCRN December 8, 2006 The American Small Business League declared a victory for small solution providers in its long-running battle with the Small Business Administration over what exactly...

News SBA, ASBL reach accord on FOIA suit By David HublerFederal Computer Week December 8, 2006More than a year of legal wrangling has ended between the Small Business Administration and the American Small Business League (ASBL), one of its primary antagonists,...

News SBA Reveals Mystery Contract Violator By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com December 8, 2006The Small Business Administration has finally revealed the mystery company that was at the center of a contentious lawsuit over federal small business contracting fraud.The...

News E-Mail Shows SBA Recommended GTSI To Be Debarred By Jill R. AitoroVARBusiness December 7, 2006 After pressure from small businesses and advocate organizations, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has acknowledged that, in June 2005, its Inspector General...

News Small-Business Chairs Rap ContractingSmall businesses are missing out on their share of government-contract awards, congressional critics of a new rule say. By Sarah JohnsonCFO.com December 5, 2006A new Small Business Administration rule that purports to secure...

News SBA Faces Scrutiny in Congress By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com November 29, 2006The Senate small business committee plans to launch "aggressive" oversight hearings into the Small Business Administration when Democrats take over Congress in January.Incoming...

News SBA Seeks to Prevent Corporations from Landing Small-Business ContractsDemocrats call the agency's new regulations inadequate and vow tough oversight hearings next year. By Angus LotenInc.com November 28, 2006Among the many challenges facing the Small Business...

News Democrats Pledge SMB Support By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com November 22, 2006Democrats made inroads with a key Republican constituency — small business owners — during the midterm congressional elections and appear anxious to cement their relationship. In a...

News SBA Amends Size Regulations For Contractors But Not All Pleased The Governmnent Contractor November 20, 2006Large-business participation in small-business contracts has received considerable attention in 2006. See 48 GC ¶ 255; 48 GC ¶ 275. Amid consternation that...

News Claim; New SBA Policy Will Divert Billions to Big Business RTO Online November 16, 2006"When the federal government hits its small business goals by reporting contracts to Fortune 1000 firms as small business awards, America's small businesses lose out on...

News SBA ripped for alleged big business ties United Press International November 15, 2006 PETALUMA, Calif., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A small business advocacy group claims a new U.S. Small Business Administration policy merely hides the agency's largesse to giant...

News SBA Trying to Keep Small Businesses Small By Jim WyssHispanicBusiness.com November 15, 2006 Hounded by charges that the U.S. government overstates the amount of federal contracts that go to small ventures, the Small Business Administration unveiled a plan Tuesday...

News SBA Announces New Rules By Kristin EdelhauserEntrepreneur Daily November 15, 2006 The SBA announced new rules Tuesday that they say will help small businesses acquire more federal contracts. Under the new rules, small businesses will need to reconfirm their size...

News SBA unveils recertification rules for small businesses By Jenny Mandelgovexec.com November 15, 2006 Starting next June, federal rules will tighten guidelines for how companies can use a small business designation to win government contracts and how agencies can...

News Reaction to new SBA regs mixed By David HublerFederal Computer Week November 15, 2006 The new regulations the Small Business Administration and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy announced Nov. 14 requiring small businesses to recertify their size status...

News Rules for Small Businesses Will Recertify Their Sizes By Ron NixonNew York Times November 15, 2006 The Small Business Administration announced new rules yesterday intended to help small businesses obtain more federal contracts and to assure that contracts set...

News Federal agency tries to keep small businesses smallThe Small Business Administration said it is closing loopholes that allow large contractors to be counted as small businesses. But some say the rules don't do enough. By Jim WyssMiami Herald November 15, 2006...

News New SBA Contracting Rules Criticized By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com November 15, 2006 The Small Business Administration says new rules will prevent big companies from grabbing small-business contracts, but one longtime SBA critic says the rules will do just the...

News Kerry to Head Small-Business Committee Inc.com November 14, 2006 Nov. 14, 2006 -- Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) today was named chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Kerry, who has served on the committee for 21 years, was previously...

News What the Future Holds for Small BusinessRep. Nydia Velazquez speaks out on how the dramatic midterm election results will impact the future of small business. By Kristin EdelhauserEntrepreneur.com November 13, 2006Tax cuts, health-care costs and...

News Procurement officers get lots of heat, little help By Kent HooverBusiness Journal, Washington Bureau November 13, 2006Read the article at bizjournals.com

News Official Records Say Lockheed Is a Small Business By Warren CorbettSet-Aside Alert November 10, 2006 The most successful "small business" contractors are not small, according to an analysis of government procurement data by Eagle Eye Publishers.The top 30...

News New SBA Rule Aims To 'Certify' Small FirmsSBA answers complaints with new rule By Kelly SporsWall Street Journal November 9, 2006The Small Business Administration just announced a new regulation that will require small businesses with federal contracts to be...

News What Does a Democratic Takeover of Congress Mean for Your Company?Leading small-business experts say the shift in power could result in more scrutiny for the SBA and federal contracts, but also higher taxes and a minimum-wage increase. By Angus LotenInc.com...

News Small Business at Risk Under Republicans, Group Says By Nathan BurchfielCNSNews.com November 6, 2006 (CNSNews.com) - A Republican victory in the midterm elections Tuesday could spell disaster for small and minority-owned businesses, a group that lobbies for small...

News Missouri Race to Test SMB Sentiment By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com November 3, 2006 Once upon a time Republicans could count on the support of small business owners, but that era may soon be over.A key test of small business sentiment is shaping up in the...

News Fear and loathing By Roseanne GerinWashington Technology October 30, 2006Contractor groups expect more scrutiny if House goes blueA proposed bill that would bring some unwelcome changes to contracting tops the list of issues that IT groups and government...