PETALUMA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2017/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a surprising move Congress has renewed the embattled PentagonComprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program (CSPTP) into its 38^th year of testing, 2027. The renewal of the CSPTP was included inthe 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.  

The CSPTP was originally adopted in 1989 under the guise of "increasing subcontracting opportunitiesfor small businesses." For over 27 years the Pentagon claimed theywere "testing" whether eliminating all transparency on the Pentagon'slargest prime contractors subcontracting programs and eliminating any penaltiesfor non-compliance with small business subcontracting goals would actuallyincrease subcontracting opportunities for small businesses.

Professor Charles Tiefer,one of the nation's leading experts on federal contracting law released a legal opinion on the CSPTP,describing it as a "sham" and seriously harmful tosmall businesses.

The American Small Business League (ASBL)filed suit against the Pentagon in 2014 after the Pentagon refused to release the small business subcontractingplan submitted to the CSPTP by Sikorsky Aircraft. During the case FederalDistrict Court Judge William Alsup described the ASBL as being anunderdog in a David and Goliath against the "big company." In a subsequenthearing Judge Alsup accused the Pentagon of "suppressing the evidence."

ASBL President Lloyd Chapmanissued this statement regarding the renewal of the CSPTP: "This isabsolutely astounding, a program that was specifically designed to cheat smallbusinesses out of trillions and cover up all evidence of blatant fraud has nowbeen renewed by Congress into its 38th year. This is a prime example of why somany American's are outraged by our government."  

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