News Sunshine superheroes: LLOYD CHAPMAN AND THE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS LEAGUEOur Freedom of Information Issue salutes the winners of the 2011 James Madison Awards By StaffSan Francisco Bay Guardian March 15, 2011 Norwin Yoffie Award for Career AcheivementTIM...
News Looking Out For Small Businesses In D.C. By Chris GunnWorcester Business Journal March 14, 2011 On March 1, the American Small Business League (ASBL) filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Army after the defense agency refused to release documents...
News American Small Business League Sues DOD Over Small-Business Contracts By Rebecca VillanedaHispanicBusiness.com March 11, 2011Earlier this week, the American Small Business League (ASBL) filed a suit against the Department of Defense over information regarding...
News American Small Business League Sues U.S. DOD Over Small-Business Contracts By Rebecca VillanedaHispanicBusiness.com March 11, 2011Earlier this week, the American Small Business League (ASBL) filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over...
News Small business group takes on the U.S. Air Force By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times March 10, 2011• Sues for refusing to release contract audits • ‘This is an anti-small business president’ The U.S. Air Force has another fight on its hands – this one...
News Silence Is a Weapon By StaffBohemian.com March 9, 2011 The U.S. Army has stayed mum for too long, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Small Business League (ASBL) on March 1. The Petaluma-based organization is suing the Army for refusing to respond to a...
News Big Wins for March 7, 2011 By StaffWashington Business Journal March 8, 2011So who exactly are these "miscellaneous foreign contractors" that top today's list of Washington-area contractors with $43.57 million in awards? That question has been asked by industry...
News Small Business Administration needs to be reined in says Velazquez By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times March 3, 2011• Top Dem on small biz committee says SBA may be wasting money • ‘Fraud by borrowers, loan agents, lenders, and other participants in...
News Small Biz Group Wants Access To Bechtel Contract Info By Mike CherneyLaw360 March 2, 2011 Law360, New York (March 2, 2011) -- Citing cpncerns that big government contractors are not giving enough work to small businesses, the California-based American Small...
News Contract cancellation pulls rug out from under Bethesda small business By Marjorie CenserWashington Post February 21, 2011After 19 years running her own information technology business, Laura Glynn is facing an uncertain future since the Department of Health and...
News Too little action By Laura RuaneNews-Press January 31, 2011All talk; little action.That's the American Small Business League's verdict following President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday.According to a business league press release, Obama...
News Arizona Business Leaders Praise President's Focus On Technology And Innovation By Resources for Entrepreneurs StaffGaebler.com January 27, 2011Arizona small business leaders praise President Barack Obama's focus on improving technologies, such as clean energy, as...
News Biz Groups Give President The Biz By Steve ViukerBiz Box Slate January 26, 2011Although the State of the Union address given by President Obama was praised by both the AFL-CIO and the U S Chamber of Commerce, small business organizations had mixed feelings;...
News ASBL statement on Obama's State of the Union Address By IB Times Staff ReporterInternational Business Times January 26, 2011President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address on Tuesday saying, "we do big things, challenging Americans and Congress to...
News American Small Business League Criticizes President's Small Business Policies By Resources for Entrepreneurs StaffGaebler.com January 25, 2011Prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, the American Small Business League criticizes the allotment...
News Bay Area Democrats Generally Happy With State Of Union Speech By StaffKTVU.com January 25, 2011WASHINGTON -- Bay Area Democratic legislators were generally pleased with President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, while the business community was...
News Liveblog: FDIC Looks into Small Business Lending, Bernanke to Testify By Kevin BaronFireDogLake.com January 13, 2011I am here in Alexandria VA at an event being put on by FDIC to look at small business lending issues. Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke is...
News Fraud Rarely Punished on Small Business Contracts By Pamela A. MacLeanwswire21.org / Redwood Age December 30, 2010The government has long had the power to prosecute big companies for fraud for going after lucrative contracts meant for small businesses. But it...
News Big Firms Muscle In on 'Small Business' Contracts By Pamela A. MacLeanNewswire21.org / Redwood Age December 30, 2010When the Small Business Administration barred a Virginia technology firm from bidding for federal contracts recently, some hoped it signaled a...
News In the SBA's Face By Richard LarsenHispanic Business Journal December 16, 2010The spoils are hug--$230 billion in Small Business Administration funds that could be going to small businesses not as loans, but as contracts for goods and services. Yet, large...
News OD blacklist authority could go too far, say small-biz advocates By Brian RobinsonWashington Technology December 14, 2010Business advocates are charging the Defense Department with redlining the government contracting business to the extent that the 2011 Defense...
News Eliminating one government program might create 400,000 jobs, says ASBL By StaffCentral Valley Business Times December 13, 2010• Says program is stifling small business • ‘This program has done the antithesis of what Congress said it would’ At a time when...
News Defense Bill Includes Secretive Contractor Blacklist By Donny ShawOpenCongress.org December 7, 2010One of the bills that’s still likely to come up in the lame duck session is the 2011 Defense Authorization Act. It includes the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal...
News Senate committee mulls bill to allow blacklisting of certain suppliers By Matthew WeigeltWashington Technology December 6, 2010 The Senate Armed Services Committee is considering proposed legislation that would allow the Defense Department to blacklist certain...
News US inequality and New Zealand, a human rights perspective By Anthony RavlichIndependent Media Center Australia December 6, 2010New Zealand has been given another chance to free itself from discriminatory collectivism while the US seems to be still battling with...
News Defense Bill Could Harm Small Businesses By StaffHispanicBusiness.com December 2, 2010Language in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 might allow the Department of Defense to secretly 'blacklist' government contractors, according to...
News Secret Blacklist Provision in Defense Authorization Bill Signals Death Knell for Small Businesses and Transparency in Contracting By Kevin BaronFireDogLake.com December 2, 2010‘Tis the season for the bloated defense authorization bill to begin its journey towards...
News Small business wary of Pentagon black list By StaffUPI November 30, 2010WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Smaller U.S. defense industry companies are keen to earn business from federal agencies but are wary of methods employed by public sector procurers to include or...
News SBA spending on PR being revealed By StaffCentral Valley Business Times November 29, 2010• Freedom of Information suit prompts some disclosure • ‘They have encouraged and protected firms that have committed felony contracting fraud’ How much would you pay to...
News Small Business Organization Wins FOIA Lawsuit By Small Business Organization Wins FOIA LawsuitPRNewser November 29, 2010The American Small Business League (ASBL) has won its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Small Business Administration (SBA)...