News SBA: Federal Prison Industries not small for services By Jenny Mandelgovexec.com October 9, 8800 In a decision issued last year but only publicized recently, the Small Business Administration ruled that Federal Prison Industries cannot win service contracts set...
News Governor Lauded for Small Business Stance By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 8800 The nation's leading small business gadfly group is always quick to point out the shortcomings of government bureaucrats, but it also believes in giving credit where credit...
News SBA not meeting goals in contracts to small businesses, critics say By Marcia Heroux PoundsSun-Sentinel.com October 9, 8800 On the same day, July 26, that Steven Preston was being sworn in as new administrator of the Small Business Administration, Democratic...
News SBA Budget Mired in Controversy By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 8800 Republican leaders in the House abruptly withdrew a bill reauthorizing the Small Business Administration's budget last month after Democrats blitzed it with last-minute amendments.Now...
News SBA: Budget cuts don't mean less serviceSome clients disagree By Victor GodinezDallas Morning News October 9, 8800 In a nearly $3 trillion federal budget proposed by President Bush for 2007, $624 million to run the Small Business Administration sounds like small...
News 4 Biggest Government Spending Myths Debunked By Mattea KramerTom Dispatch October 9, 8400We're at the edge of the cliff of deficit disaster! National security spending is being, or will soon be, slashed to the bone! Obamacare will sink the ship of state!Each of...
News Does SBA plan go far enough? By Robb MandelbaumNY Times October 9, 8400Advocates for small business - including those in Congress - are hearing mixed reactions to President Obama's proposal to temporarily elevate the Small Business Administration to a cabinet...
News Small businesses split over SOTU By Carla TonelliReuters October 9, 8400Last night’s State of the Union address from President Barack Obama left small business owners divided over his plans for economic recovery which included eliminating tax perks for companies...
News SBA considering mandating set-asides on multiple award contracts By Robert BrodskyGovernment Executive October 9, 8400NEW YORK CITY--The federal government finally could reach its goal of awarding 23 percent of all contract dollars to small businesses by...
News Bush Admin Tries to Cover Up Repeated Failures to Meet Targets for Small Business Contracts BuzzFlash.com October 9, 8400 The Bush Administration misrepresented data to meet contract allocation requirements, according to a report released by Democrats of the...
News SBA reports $79.6 billion in contracts to small businesses By Jan NormanThe Orange County Register October 9, 8400 The federal government awarded a record high $79.6 billion in product and service contracts to small businesses in the 2005 fiscal year, according...
News Some Companies Got Unneeded 9/11 Loans By Frank Bass and Dirk LammersAssociated Press October 9, 8400 The government promised banks a hands-off approach in overseeing nearly $5 billion in Sept. 11 recovery aid to small businesses. What it got in return was...
News Tiered size standards are proposed. Set-Aside Alert October 9, 8400 A coalition of minority business organizations is urging SBA to adopt tiered size standards that could allow many larger companies to become eligible for federal small business programs. Members...
News SBA Reconsiders What "Small" Should MeanChange in U.S. Standards Could Affect Contracts, Loans, Technical Help By Gwendolyn BoundsWall Street Journal October 9, 8400 What exactly is a small business anyway?By U.S. government standards, a sheep farmer is one, so...
News Business group slams UTC, others By UPI.comUnited Press International October 9, 8000 PETALUMA, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- United Technologies Corp. and other large corporations are being slammed for receiving U.S. government contracts meant for small businesses.The...
News Federal Government Misses Small Business Procurement Goal Yet Again By Resources for Entrepreneurs StaffGaebler Resources for Entrepreneurs October 9, 8000 SBA reports that the federal government awarded 21.7 percent of procurement dollars to small businesses,...
News Hey, Small Business Job Creators, Republicans Just Aren't That Into You By Steven DDaily Kos October 9, 8000 Do you know who creates ninety percent (that's 90% if you prefer numerals) of the net new jobs in America? Small businesses, and by small businesses I...
News Small Business - When Government Stacks the Deck Against You By Charles CooperEzineArticles.com October 9, 8000We expect a fair degree of corruption, arrogance and drooling self-interest from our elected officials. After all, in the last 206 years, we have fallen...
News President prepares to give purchase ordersOn his campaign for the US presidency, Barack Obama vowed to reform procurement. Paul Snell asks insiders and experts how the leader can make good on his pledge By Paul SnellSupply Management October 9, 8000 As Barack...
News McCain or Obama: Same old, same old for small business By Doug CaldwellCentral Valley Business Times October 9, 8000• Both fail to address government contracting issue • ‘This is affecting you no matter what you do for a living’ No matter who gets elected...
News Congress wants to clobber my companyHouse Republicans are out to get rid of a federal agency, and employees at some small businesses could be among the casualties. By Jennifer LibertoCNN Money October 9, 7600Top House Republicans want to stopfunding the...
News Obama scrapped a tax that could have funded a green economy By Wayne MadsenCleveland.com October 9, 7600President-elect Barack Obama would do well to resist the corporate-friendly urgings of the advisers who persuaded him to scrap his proposed windfall profits...
News Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil taxPresident-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail. By Alex SpilliusTelegraph.co.uk...
News Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax By WebCPA staffWebCPA October 9, 7600 President-elect Barack Obama has quietly dropped his original proposal for a windfall profits tax on oil companies, according to a spokesperson.Obama has jettisoned the plan after the price of...
News SBA Faulted for Role in Blackwater Security Guard Scandal By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 7600After its guards were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians without provocation last fall, Blackwater Worldwide, the security company responsible for...
News Small business advocate sues SBA for withholding contracting data By ELISE CASTELLIFederal Times October 9, 7600A small business association is suing the Small Business Administration for refusing to release the names of big businesses that received federal...
News 60 percent of small-business contracts go to large firms, analysis finds By Sarah ChackoFederal Times October 9, 7200Of the top 100 firms awarded small-business contracts in fiscal 2010, 61 were large businesses or owned by large companies, according to an...
News Obama back-tracks on small business policiesObama and Democrats poised to pass new loophole in federal contracting law that will allow our nation's wealthiest investors to receive billions of dollars in federal small business contracts By Lloyd ChapmanSpero News...
News When Small Businesses Lose to Big Companies By Lloyd ChapmanNew York Times October 9, 7200To the Editor:Re “The Small Business Administration’s Comeback,” by Jovita Carranza, the acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (letter, The New York...
News USHCC Supports Barreto at SBASmall businesses are an important engine of job creation. So what happens when there are cutbacks to the small business administration, an important source of funding? By Steven SaintHispanic Trends October 9, 7200 For the sixth year...