News Senator Queries Slow SBA Hurricane Loans New York Times October 21, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers will investigate loan delays to hurricane-ravaged small companies along the Gulf Coast, the head of a Senate committee that oversees the Small Business...
News Sizing Things UpUnder fire for giving too many contracts to big business, the SBA fights back. By Christopher MoraffEntrepreneur Magazine October 1, 2005 Depending on whom you talk to, Texas-born small-business advocate Lloyd Chapman is either a modern-day Cesar...
News Government Must Pay Fees In FOIA CaseSmall Business Group Sought Report Alleging Official Fraud, Abuse -- Agency Must Pay Fees in Freedom of Information Case By Erik CumminsDaily Journal September 26, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco has...
News FL, MN, CA Winners In First Katrina Contracts LightUpTheDarkness.org September 16, 2005 George Bush stood before the nation tonight and in an attempt to repair his tarnished image, unveiled the most massive reconstruction program since - maybe the reconstruction....
News Small business market share fell in 2004; as usual, accuracy of the official figures is in dispute. Set-Aside Alert September 9, 2005 September 9, 2005 Small business market share fell in 2004; as usual, accuracy of the official figures is in dispute.Small...
News More small businesses get federal contracts But government misses goal to award more to women-owned firms By Ilana DeBareSan Francisco Chronicle August 27, 2005 U.S. small businesses received a record $69.23 billion in federal prime contracts last year, according...
News Federal Contracts Draw New ScrutinyNew questions about federal contracts for small businesses that aren't. By Darren DahlInc. Magazine August 1, 2005 The federal government's dismal record on small-business contracts has again drawn scrutiny. In June, the Small...
News VARBusiness 2005 Top 50The Top 50 People, Trends, Technologies, Innovations And Projects In Government You Should Know By Cristina McEachern and Jill R. AitoroVARBusiness July 13, 2005 It's summer, the weather is starting to sizzle, and GovernmentVAR is taking...
News Putting the Spotlight on Small Business By John Alexander BurtonCenter for American Progress July 8, 2005 In March 2002, President Bush argued for steep tax cuts as a stimulus for small business growth. Speaking before the Women's Entrepreneurship Summit, the...
News Grants Fuel Fight Over SemanticsBiotech firms lead push to pin down meaning of 'small' By Rachel BrandRocky Mountain News July 2, 2005 One company wants to find a vaccine for a painful disease afflicting soldiers in Iraq. Another is aiming at vaccines that don't...
News Small Firms: Size Matters on Federal ContractsSome Tech Giants Get Millions for Set-Aside Work By Michele ChandlerSan Jose Mercury June 29, 2005 Should technology Goliaths Oracle and Hewlett-Packard have received government contracts earmarked for small...
News U.S. Agency Tries to Define Small BusinessSuggestions at hearing include number of employees, revenue By Pia SarkarSan Francisco Chronicle June 29, 2005 Business representatives gathered at a hearing in San Francisco Tuesday to figure out the best way to define...
News Small Biz View: Defining the small in business By Nisha RamachandranU.S. News June 29, 2005 How small is small? That's the question the Small Business Administration is looking to answer as the agency conducts a comprehensive review of its size standards. The...
News Small firms want fair share of bids By Tim SimmersOakland Tribune June 25, 2005 A growing campaign to uncover abuses of big companies getting billions of dollars in government contracts that should go to small businesses may be coming to a head locally. The U.S....
News SBA draft report emerges By Michael HardyFederal Computer Week June 21, 2005 Small Business Administration officials have released an early draft of a published report that documents inaccuracies in the reporting of small-business contracting dollars. But it does...
News SBA Hearing Fields Opinions on Small Business Chicago Tribune June 21, 2005 CHICAGO - It should be an easy question: What is a small business? But there was no agreement on a definition yesterday among those who testified before a Small Business Administration...
News Companies Weigh In on Definition of 'Small' FirmAgency Considers Changing Size Limit By Charles R. Babcock and Ellen McCarthyWashington Post June 18, 2005 One speaker's company can provide the government with teachers of 90 different languages. Another, who owned...
News SBA Rethinks What Qualifies as 'Small' BusinessNew size standards could create opportunity or limit it Crucial definition By Deb GruverThe Wichita Eagle June 17, 2005 Godwin Opara is paying close attention to the U.S. Small Business Administration's move to...
News SBA Seeking Definition of a "Small" BusinessFirms offer feedback on who should get federal contracts By James PatonRocky Mountain News June 15, 2005 For small businesses, tens of billions of dollars in government contracts are at stake each year.Now who gets a...
News What's "small"? Feds want to know By Aldo SvaldiDenverPost.com June 15, 2005 Size matters to the federal government, but defining size is no small matter.At stake are billions of dollars in government contracts and loan guarantees, along with the survival of the...
News Federal Procurement Overlooks Small Biz By Katrina C. ArabeThomasNet.com June 14, 2005 Small businesses are getting short shrift from federal agencies, receiving only 20% of their contracting dollars last year, far below the government's goal. And the problem...
News SBA Loses Touch With Small Business By Lloyd ChapmanThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer June 9, 2005 For companies with fewer than 100 employees, the chance to do business with the federal government offers the promise of growth and prosperity. Which is why, when the...
News Small Businesses Seek Fair Fight for ContractsSmall-business advocates want the government to revise size standards for companies and eliminate fraud in the competition for contracts. By Jim WyssMiami Herald June 9, 2005 In the high-stakes battle for government...
News SBA Opens Hearings on "Small"Under fire for allowing major corporations to slip through a loophole to land key contracts, the SBA presents proposals for change. By Stacy ZhaoInc Magazine June 6, 2005 Small businesses unhappy with the Small Business...
News Size Matters in Business Bangor Daily News June 4, 2005 Recent news stories have suggested that the U.S. Small Business Administration is shortchanging Maine by allowing big companies to get contracts that are meant to help small ones. SBA officials will likely...
News Judge: release contracting report. Set-Aside Alert May 13, 2005 A federal judge has ordered SBA to release a consultant's draft report that allegedly shows evidence of fraud in small-business contracting. The American Small Business League of Novato, CA, sued for...
News SBA Ordered to Furnish Contracts Report By Gwendolyn BoundsThe Startup Journal May 13, 2005 A federal court judge ordered the U.S. Small Business Administration to turn over an original version of a report detailing how lucrative government contracts designated...
News PNS Contracts Neither Boom Nor Bust By Beth LaMontagneMSNBC.com May 9, 2005 KITTERY, Maine - Many small businesses depend on government contracts from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to complement the work they do in the private sector.Recent reports suggest these...
News SBA Looks to Reform Contracting Laws By Valerie MillerLas Vegas Business Press May 9, 2005 Jeanne Jones says she is thrilled that the U.S. Small Business Administration is taking steps to weed out companies falsely claiming to be small or disadvantaged...
News Keeping Procurement HonestSBA changes rules on small-business listings By Michael HardyFederal Computing Week May 9, 2005 To reduce the chances of companies misrepresenting themselves as certain types of small businesses, Small Business Administration officials...