News Washington Insiders React to Preston's Hearing By Angus LotenInc.com June 23, 2006President Bush's pick to lead the Small Business Administration received generally positive reviews.Steven Preston, a largely unknown former executive at lawn-care giant...
News Small Business Lobbies--Working for You?Lobbying groups representing small business have diverging agendas By Stephanie HainsfurtherSmall Business Review June 23, 2006 While you were busy running your company this week, the nation's small business lobbying groups...
News Small Biz View: Bankruptcy law not a friend to small business By Matthew BenjaminU.S. News & World Report June 22, 2006 The new bankruptcy law that takes effect this October will hit small-business owners much harder than previously thought. That's the conclusion...
News SBA claims questioned, but not answered United Press International June 22, 2006Read the article at upi.com
News Mr. Small Biz Goes to WashingtonNominated to head the SBA, Steven Preston is facing his confirmation hearing. Here is what small-business leaders say about him BusinessWeek June 21, 2006 For some time now, the Small Business Administration has found itself under...
News The SBA's New Master By Seth MartinForbes June 20, 2006 Washington D.C. - The U.S. Small Business Administration has taken it upside the head lately.The beleaguered agency, which guarantees loans and runs educational programs on behalf of some 25 million small...
News Bill would let franchises win small-business contracts By Jessica Bradygovexec.com June 20, 2006 A rule change in the Small Business Administration reauthorization bill that would allow franchises of the nation's largest corporations to qualify for government...
News SBA seeks comments on proposed women-owned business program By Jenny Mandelgovexec.com June 15, 2006 The Small Business Administration is seeking public comment on a proposal to provide contracting preference to women-owned small businesses through a set-aside...
News SBA Assistance Helps Startups Survive By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 14, 2006 The Small Business Administration has faced withering rounds of budget cuts since President Bush took office, but a new study says that the money it spends is effective in helping...
News Claim: Small business federal contracts hit new low Central Valley Business Times June 13, 2006 When is a company "small" when it comes to getting government contracts supposedly earmarked for "small" businesses?A new report indicates that "small businesses"...
News Democrats Push More Disaster Aid for Small BusinessesA new bill seeks to remedy problems that arose during last year's hurricane season. By Angus LotenInc.com June 12, 2006 Warning of another deadly storm season ahead, Senate Democrats introduced a bill last week...
News Democrats Call for Action on SBA Budget By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 12, 2006 Weeks ago the budget bill for the Small Business Administration abruptly vanished under an avalanche of last-minute amendments. Now some lawmakers think it's time to send out a...
News Business League Assails SBA 'Loophole' By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 12, 2006 One of the leading critics of the Small Business Administration says plans are in the works to change a key policy that prevents large companies from competing for small business...
News Save the SBA By Lloyd ChapmanPittsburgh Tribune-Review June 8, 2006 I was extremely disappointed to read the editorial "SBA is DOA" (June 5 and PghTrib.com), which argued that there is no need for the Small Business Administration's government-sponsored small...
News Federal funding hits record lowSmall businesses were awarded only 17 percent of all federal contracting dollars for the 2005 fiscal year, according to a private study. By Jim WyssMiami Herald June 8, 2006 The share of government contracting dollars that went to...
News SMBs Get Fewer Federal Contracts By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 7, 2006 The federal government's effort to put more money into the pockets of small businesses took a sudden dip last year, falling to its lowest level in 20 years. The American Small Business...
News SBA in shamblesBarreto leaves legacy of abuse, fraud and plummeting morale By Lloyd ChapmanRocky Mountain News June 3, 2006Lawrence Jackson © APSmall Business Association Administrator Hector V. Barreto testifies before the Senate Homeland Security subcommittee...
News Justice Department Rules in Favor of SBA By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 2, 2006 Justice Department lawyers have weighed in on a controversial lawsuit over alleged government-contracting fraud and come down in favor of the SBA. The American Small Business...
News Publisher's Page Minority Business Entrepreneur June 1, 2006 It's difficult to keep tabs on what's going on in Sacramento, much less in our nation's capital. Just 24 hours before a U.S. Senate hearing on "The Effectiveness of the Small Business Administration,"...
News Can This Man Turn Around the SBA?Never heard of Steve Preston? Few had, until he was nominated to run the Small Business Administration. Inc Magazine June 1, 2006 On March 28, President George W. Bush appointed a new White House chief of staff and empowered him...
News Home-Based Businesses Generate $102 Billion By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com June 1, 2006 Sole proprietors working largely out of their homes are a growing force in the economy, with revenues from these micro-businesses now exceeding $100 billion a year, according...
News SBA Moves to Curtail Contractor Fraud By Keith GirardAllbusiness.com May 30, 2006 A new Small Business Administration proposal to curtail government contracting fraud is having trouble getting off the ground at the U.S. Air Force. The Government Accountability...
News U.S. small businesses drive job creation By Sara IsaacOrlando Sentinel May 29, 2006 Politicians drumming up support love to say that small business is the economic engine of America.A new study shows that's not all talk: The smallest businesses create the biggest...
News Small-Business Advocate, Big-Company Resume By James M. PethokoukisU.S. News & World Report May 29, 2006 Does the White House have another "Brownie" problem brewing? That's how some critics view President Bush's choice of ServiceMaster executive Steven Preston as...
News Is the SBA a Shell of Its Former Self? By Keith GirardAllbusiness.com May 26, 2006 One of the most persistent critics of the federal Small Business Administration has sent a farewell message to outgoing SBA director Hector V. Barreto and it isn't pretty.The...
News What you might expect from big bid-ness By Dan SmithBlue Ridge Business Journal May 22, 2006 I wouldn't necessarily expect to put my thumb on the pulse of the region's economy at a flea market, but I got pretty close recently because I am an inveterate...
News Victor Godinez: Bush business nominee is off to a bumpy startPick to run SBA criticized for having big-company pedigree Dallas Morning News May 16, 2006 President Bush's nominee to take over the top spot at the Small Business Administration is doing his best to...
News The wolf is at the door By Ethan ButterfieldWashington Technology May 15, 2006Budget cuts and Barreto's resignation leave SBA toothlessOne small-business advocate is sounding the alarm as best he can that companies should prepare for the possible closure of the...
News Leading Government InfluencersLloyd Chapman: Small-Business Crusader By Jill R. AitoroVARBusiness May 11, 2006Lloyd Chapman will assert that 80 to 90 percent of contracts that purportedly go to small businesses actually end up in the hands of large companies,...
News The SBA's Iffy FutureCritics and fans of the agency, which will soon have a new chief, envision different paths for the embattled Small Business Administration By Stacy PermanBusinessWeek May 11, 2006 Conventional wisdom has long held that small businesses are a...