News Small business package offers mixed feelings about outreach By John DavidWQAD.com September 27, 2010MOLINE, Illinois - As President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act on Monday, it promises to speed up loans and job creation within a $30 billion package....
News Congress Needs To Add Small Business Protection To Lending Bill, ASBL Says By Resources for Entrepreneurs StaffGaebler.com September 24, 2010Chapman says federal dollars being misused One of the leading small business advocacy groups is calling on Congress to...
News Chip Cravaack Responds To Passage Of Small Business Jobs And Credit Act By Rick BrockRogueon Minnesota September 24, 2010In response to the passage of H.R. 5297, the “Small Businesses Jobs and Credit Act,” Chip Cravaack, endorsed Republican candidate for...
News Small-biz loan fund no silver bullet, Charlotte bankers say By Adam O'DanielCharlotte Business Journal September 24, 2010More money. Same problems.That’s the reaction some bankers and small-business advocates are having to a U.S. Senate bill that will establish a...
News Why The GOP Likes Small Businesses By StaffSilver Buzz Cafe September 23, 2010 There are few issues being debated in the mid-term election season that seem to be as clear cut as the Bush tax cuts debate. President Bush cut taxes for low and middle income...
News DOE Loses Legal Battle to American Small Business League By StaffHispanic Business Journal September 22, 2010The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has lost a legal battle with the American Small Business League (ASBL) over subcontracting reports for contracts...
News Obama Must Consider These 8 Major Improvements to the Small Business Jobs Act By Adam FusfeldBusiness Insider September 21, 2010Last week we told you with some optimism that the Small Business Jobs Act passed through senate.The Act is President Obama's $43.5...
News ASBL wants Congress to change language of new small business bill By StaffJob.com September 20, 2010The Senate recently passed a small business bill that will increase lending to small firms. The hope is that the boost in small business loans will help create...
News Proposed Bill Could Help Save Small BusinessesGuest Commentary By Lloyd ChapmanWorcester Business Journal September 13, 2010In the summer of 2002, I was the sales manager for a small computer company, and a young woman stormed into my office in tears. She had...
News Feds fall short on small biz contracts By Kent HooverSacramento Business Journal September 10, 2010The federal government once again missed its goal for contracting with small businesses in 2009, awarding slightly less than 22 percent of its procurement dollars...
News Small Businesses and Federal Contracting: Good and Bad News By Rieva LesonskySmall Business Trends September 8, 2010 There’s good news and bad news when it comes to small businesses and government contracting.First, the good news: According to the SBA’s fourth...
News Small Gains for Small Business in Federal Contracting By Robb MandelbaumNew York Times September 3, 2010For the first time since 2005, the Small Business Administration reports that the share of federal contracts going to small business increased over the...
News U.S. Falls Short in Awarding Small-Business Contracts . By Emily MaltbyWall Street Journal September 2, 2010A record number of federal dollars went to small businesses in 2009, although the federal government once again fell short of reaching its annual goal,...
News Small Business Federal Contractors Make Gains By WebCPA StaffWebCPA September 1, 2010Small businesses won a record $96.8 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal year 2009, an increase of more than $3 billion from fiscal year 2008, but still fell somewhat...
News Business group president says government not accurate in small business spending By Derek McAllister123 Print August 31, 2010 The president of the American Small Business League in Petaluma, California, is taking issue with statistics released by the federal...
News Some Skeptical Of SBA NumbersBusiness leader says government contracts meant for small businesses went to large companies By Resources for Entrepreneurs StaffGaebler.com Resources for Entrepreneurs August 31, 2010While many were likely pleased when the U.S. Small...
News U.S. small-business spending disputed By Jan NormanOC Register August 31, 2010The federal government spent a record $96.8 billion with U.S. small businesses in the 2009 fiscal year, according to an annual report from the U.S. Small Business...
News Government Falls Short of Small Business Contracting GoalsSmall firms won a record amount in government contracts last year, but it wasn't enough to reach a target set by Congress. By Courtney RubinInc.com August 31, 2010Small businesses nationwide won a record...
News SBA says federal agencies fell short of small-business lending goal By Beth FitzgeraldNJBIZ.com August 30, 2010 U.S. small businesses received a record $96.8 billion in federal prime contracts in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2009, or 21.89 percent of federal...
News Small-business contracting increases, but still short of goal By Sean ReillyFederal Times August 30, 2010Small businesses won a record $96.8 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal 2009, according to the Small Business Administration, but the total still...
News Small Business chief sees small firms as vital to recovery By Laura PetreccaUSA Today August 30, 2010As head of the Small Business Administration, Karen Mills assists small businesses with counseling, financing and access to government contracts.She also has to...
News Saturday News Briefs By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times August 20, 2010• State tracking down tax-delinquent businesses • Fresno offers help to small businesses • I R 40, the plate said • And a lot more…. Recalled bread (see eighth story in...
News SBA Addresses Fraud Allegations in GAO Report By Jeanette MulveyBusiness News Daily August 11, 2010The Small Business Administration (SBA) has instituted several new programs to address instances of ineligible companies being granted government contracts through...
News GAO blasts SBA, says some programs riddled with fraud By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times August 9, 2010• Says there are some controls, but more are needed• ‘Most were obtained through fraudulent schemes’American taxpayers have given $325 million in...
News Two Years of 'Cookie Jar Capitalism' Still Rules in SBA HUBZone Program By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com August 5, 2010More than two years ago, government investigators got their first inkling of widespread fraud in one of the Small Business Administration's...
News U.S. Small-Business Aid May Create $300 Billion of `Junk' Loans By Laura Keeley and David HenryBloomberg July 26, 2010President Barack Obama is on the verge of creating as much as $300 billion in credit for small businesses as bankers raise doubt about whether...
News Existing procurements got bulk of Recovery Act contract dollars By Matthew WeigeltWashington Technology July 22, 2010The federal government awarded more than two-thirds of the $26 billion in Recovery Act contract obligations through acquisition vehicles in place...
News An Open Letter to Joe Sestak By Jane HamsherFireDogLake.com July 13, 2010Dear Congressman Sestak,We haven’t seen each other in person since last year at Netroots Nation, but I’ve followed your Senate race since then and am glad you’re doing well.I’ve contacted...
News Behind the media contractors' veil By Mark PrendergastStars and Stripes July 12, 2010Ombudsman’s Note: Congress established this position to conduct “aggressive and objective oversight” of Stars and Stripes’ relationship with the military to foster independent,...
News Advocates irked by last-minute forum call By Jan NormanOC Register June 21, 2010The American Small Business League, based in Petaluma, has launched a nationwide campaign to get small-business groups to send representatives to a hastily called public forum to...