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News SAIC CEO urges lawmakers to address pressures from small business By James BachWashington Business Journal September 15, 2016The federal government's pushto put more contracts into the hands ofsmall businesses has been a headwind for large companies that...

News The Surprising Truth About Where New Jobs Come From Forbes September 15, 2016"Don't letanybody tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs,"Hillary Clinton said last week in Boston. "You know that old theory,trickle-down economics. That has...

News GAO Report: Government Spends Millions to Defend Against FOIA Requests, but Actual Cost Difficult to Determine The New American September 15, 2016According to a newly released report by theGovernment Accountability Office, the federal government spends millions...

News Feds Spend Millions Fighting FOIA Lawsuits, GAO Finds The Daily Caller September 15, 2016Federalagencies spend millions of tax dollars opposing Americans' successful lawsuitsseeking public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but can'tsay exactly...

News Best way to get a federal contract? Be working with the feds already Miami Herald August 30, 2016WASHINGTON - North Carolina small firms might be able to obtainadditional federal business if lawmakers change the rules surrounding thegovernment's process of...

News Small businesses fear rule changes will crater federal contract chances By Lydia WheelerThe Hill August 17, 2016Thejoint proposal from the Department of Defense, the General ServicesAdministration (GSA) and NASA requires agencies to write a report when theychoose...

News Pentagon files appeal not to release information in subcontracting plan Northern California Record August 17, 2016PETALUMA – The Pentagon has filed an appeal in the 9thCircuit Court of Appeals in the Freedom of Information case against itregarding the...

News SBA Defends Methods for Documenting Contracting Goals Government Executive August 9, 2016Attorneys for the Small BusinessAdministration are headed to court in October hoping to dismiss a suit brought by the Petaluma, Calif.,-based AmericanSmall Business League,...

News SBA fights back on contracting goals lawsuit Federal News Radio August 5, 2016The Small Business Administration isasking a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming it uses "creativeaccounting" for federal contracting benchmarks.SBA filed a motion to dismiss...

News Giant Corporations Are Reaping Billions From Federal "Small Business" Contracts By Josh HarkinsonMother Jones July 25, 2016VerizonCommunications is the largest wireless provider in the United States, with178,000 employees and $91.7 billion in sales last year, and...

News Lawmaker: National Security Council should be subject to FOIA requests Washington Examiner May 9, 2016Thepublic should be allowed to request records belonging to the National SecurityCouncil like they do for other agencies, according to one Republican...

News ASBL Files Federal Suit Over SBA's Small Business Scorecard PublicSpendForum May 6, 2016The AmericanSmall Business League (ASBL) has filed aninjunction in Federal District Court in San Francisco against the SmallBusiness Administration (SBA), asking the court to...

News ASBL Files Federal Suit Over SBA's Small Business Scorecard PublicSpendForum May 6, 2016 The American Small Business League (ASBL) has filed an injunction in Federal District Court in San Francisco against the Small Business Administration (SBA), asking the court...

News Lawsuit Alleges SBA Inflated SME Contract Stats PYMNTS.com May 6, 2016The Small Business Administration (SBA) may have been establishedto support the nation's SMEs, but a lawsuit against the government group isaccusing it of doing the opposite.Reports...

News Group Sues SBA, Says Government 'Defrauded Small Businesses' Government Executive May 5, 2016Just a week after the Small BusinessAdministration celebrated record-breakingcontract awards to small business owners eligible for government set-asides,a longtime...

News Group Sues SBA, Says Government 'Defrauded Small Businesses' Government Executive May 5, 2016 Just a week after the Small Business Administration celebrated record-breaking contract awards to small business owners eligible for government set-asides, a longtime...

News Lawsuit calls on SBA to stop 'deceptive' practices Federal News Radio May 4, 2016A small business advocacy group is suingthe Small Business Administration for what it calls "creative accounting" andmisrepresentation of federal contracting goals.The American Small...

News Small Biz Org Accuses SBA Of 'Creative Accounting' Law360 May 4, 2016Law360, Washington (May 4, 2016, 5:09 PM ET)-- The American Small Business League on Tuesday accused the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration of "creative accounting" in a California federal...

News Lawsuit calls on SBA to stop 'deceptive' practices Federal News Radio May 4, 2016 A small business advocacy group is suing the Small Business Administration for what it calls "creative accounting" and misrepresentation of federal contracting goals. The American...

News SBA not letting agencies rest on contracting laurels By Jason MillerFederal News Radio March 4, 2016The reason agencies finally beat thegovernmentwide goal of awarding at least 5 percent of all "eligible" contractsto women-owned small businesses in 2015 can be...

News Film to Document Fraud in Federal Small Business Contracting Program By Adrienne BurkeAabaco Small Business February 11, 2016The AmericanSmall Business League says it plans to release a full-length documentarychronicling a history of corruption and fraud in...

News Fortune 500 Companies Are Getting Billions From Federal Small Business Contracts By Laura LorenzettiFortune February 10, 2016Fortune500 firms and other large companies swept up billions in federal small businesscontracts last year, including companies like Apple,...

News Congress probes management problems at Small Business Administration By Sabrina EatonCleveland.com January 8, 2016WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration is inthe throes of its own big-time management crisis, according to the Ohio memberof Congress...

News Obscure Pentagon Small Business Program Gets a Boost from GAO By Charles S. Clark Government Executive November 18, 2015A mysterious Defense Department research project designed to test ways toencourage large contractors to hire small businesses earned a...

News Big businesses still getting contracts meant for small businesses, SBA's inspector general reports By Kent HooverThe Washington Business Journals October 20, 2015There are still reasons to doubt whether thegovernment is meeting its contracting goals for small...

News Taxpayer Subsidies Flowing Mostly To Big Business, Not Small Business: Report By David Sirota ?International Business Times October 20, 2015Both major political parties in the U.S. often tout smallbusinesses as the backbone of the nation's economy. A new report,...

News U.S. government's small business procurement goal achievement is under attack: Are the criticisms valid? By Alice LipowiczSet-Aside Alert September 11, 2015The Obama Administration recently announcedit had reached 24.99% in small business procurement, exceeding...

News White House Focus, SES Visibility Help Agencies Meet Small Business Goals By Charles S. Clark Government Executive August 11, 2015The government's successin meeting mandatory small business contracting goals two years running is duelargely to White House focus...

News Federal Small Business Contracting: Fact or Fiction? By Neil GordonProject On Government Oversight July 7, 2015The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently boasted that the federal government exceeded itssmall business contracting target in fiscal year 2014....