News U.S. giving big firms work meant for smaller By Rob KaiserArizona Daily Star October 16, 2004 After acquiring another company in February 1998, GTSI Corp. disclosed in its annual report that it had grown too large to win small-business contracts from the federal...
News Small firms losing out on defense contractsStudy Finds $47B in deals designated as going to small firms has gone to large companies. By Rob KaiserThe Tennessean October 15, 2004 CHICAGO -- After acquiring another company in February 1998, GTSI Corp. disclosed in...
News Virginia-based GTSI, other big firms win 'small business' defense contracts By Rob KaiserKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News October 15, 2004 Oct. 15 After acquiring another company in February 1998, GTSI Corp. disclosed in its annual report that it had grown too...
News Big Businesses Land Small-Biz PactsStudy Finds SBA Contract Lapse By Rob KaiserChicago Tribune October 15, 2004 After acquiring another company in February 1998, GTSI Corp. disclosed in its annual report that it had grown too large to win small-business contracts...
News The Money Trail: Contractors lean to the rightRepublicans get 62% of IT companies' election dollars By Roseanne GerinWashington Technology October 11, 2004 President George W. Bush will be a shoo-in for the November election if the largest federal IT companies...
News Big guys took small-biz deals, CPI says By Michael HardyFederal Computer Week October 11, 2004 A new report from a public interest group shows that 30 percent of defense contract money that agency officials said had been awarded to small businesses actually went...
News COSMOS'S WORLD: Small Businesses, big questions By Costmo Macero Jr.Boston Herald October 10, 2004 John Kerry landed an easy punch in his debate Friday night with President Bush when he decried Halliburton Corp.'s abuse of bidding rules for federal Small Business...
News Small business group sues U.S. agency By Jim WelteMarin Independent Journal October 9, 2004 Novato resident Lloyd Chapman's ongoing battle with the U.S. Small Business Administration has taken another turn, with the small business advocate and former GC Micro...
News Lawsuit accuses SBA of cover-upTrade group upset report on contracts hasn't been released By Bob EgelkoSan Francisco Chronicle October 7, 2004 A small-business trade group sued the Small Business Administration on Wednesday, seeking disclosure of a report on the...
News Bush Admin Faces Lawsuit For Secret Contract Fraud Study By Rebecca ChristieDow Jones Newswires Washington October 6, 2004 A small-business trade group plans to sue the Bush administration in federal court on Wednesday, asking for release of a secret study on...
News Private Company to Oversee Database on Public ContractsSome lawmakers and experts criticize the government's switch, saying it could increase costs and eliminate access to information By David ZucchinoLos Angeles Times October 1, 2004 The federal government,...
News SBA's Semiannual Report of the Inspector GeneralGovernment Contracting Programs: Activities to Enhance Fraud Detection and Deterrence September 30, 2004 "Over the past few years, the Investigations Division has noted several instances of a particular fraudulent...
News Feds Blasted Over Small-Business Deals Washington Post September 30, 2004 The U.S. government came under fire this week for its treatment of small contractors and the way it keeps track of them. Critics say the federal government isn't complying with mandatory...
News The Big Business of Small BusinessTop defense contracting companies reap the benefits meant for small businesses By Elizabeth BrownThe Center for Public Integrity September 29, 2004 WASHINGTON, September 29, 2004 When defense contracting giant The Titan...
News New size rules fall short By Dave NadlerFederal Computing Week September 27, 2004 One of the government's most important policies is to provide as many opportunities as possible to small businesses and allot a fair portion of contracts to them. Government...
News Redefinition of Small Leads to Huge Brawl By Bernard StamlerThe New York Times September 24, 2004 The Small Business Administration got a lesson this year about size -- specifically, the size of sacred cows. Last spring, the agency announced a proposal that...
News FEDERAL CLASSIFICATION: Big deal for small businesses By Carrie Mason-DraffenNewsday September 22, 2004 Small businesses take their size seriously.So when the U.S. Small Business Administration proposed redefining what constitutes a small business earlier this...
News SBA standards: When size mattersFlood of comments prompts SBA to rethink standards change By Gail Repsher EmeryWashington Technology July 19, 2004 The Small Business Administration still plans to simplify its small-business size standards despite its recent...
News Resolving Problems Raised By Critics of Size-Standard Rules Won't Be Easy Minority Business Insider July 16, 2004 Reaction is mostly positive to the Small Business Admin.'s decision to pull proposed regulations to change the size-standards system to one based...
News Crusader Against Size Fraud Forms SmallBiz Advocacy Group By Jim ByrneMinorities in Business Insider June 30, 2004 Lloyd Chapman, who has battled for a dozen years to expose large businesses illegally claiming to be small, founds a new organization to work for a...
News Small-business advocate unfazedNovato man's effort to tighten size limits delayed by officials By Keri BrennerMarin Independent Journal May 18, 2004 Lloyd Chapman of Novato says he isn't upset that federal officials bumped today's deadline for public comment on...
News Looming large: are small-business contracts really going to the big guys? - Capitol Issues By Stephen BarlasEntrepreneur September 1, 2003 SIZE COUNTS. OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD WHEN IT COMES to the federal government's vendor database, Pro-Net/CCR. Too many big...
News Small businesses face greater scrutiny By Michael HardyFederal Computer Week July 21, 2003 The government is scrutinizing small-business designations for errors and fraud in an effort to ensure that small-business benefits go only to companies that deserve...
News "Little" Goes a Long Way By Larry MargasakSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) July 16, 2003 Dateline: WASHINGTON Some big companies show up in government small-business databases, inflating the apparent contract totals. They're among America's larger companies: Verizon...
News Giants like Verizon are miscast as small firmsError means money going to smaller companies overstated By Larry MargasakCharlotte Observer July 14, 2003 WASHINGTON - They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble...
News Annual recertification rule draws fire. Set-Aside Alert July 11, 2003 A wide range of companies and industry groups raised objections to SBA's proposed rule requiring firms to recertify their small-business eligibility annually. The proposed rule would require...
News Mistakes skew data on small businessesCONTRACTING - The mistaken designations mean that the government has overstated the amount of business it is doing with small businesses By Larry MargasakStar-Telegram July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON -- They are among America's...
News Feds classify giant firms as small businesses By Larry MargasakSan Francisco Chronicle July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON -- They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble booksellers and Dole Food Co. But in the...
News Government's contracts to small business inflatedSmaller firms may have been frozen out on work by firms such as Verizon and Dole Food that were incorrectly designated By Larry MargasakContra Costa Times July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON -- They are among America's larger...
News Corporate giants get benefits of being smallError gives them U.S. work meant for small businesses By Larry MargasakAustin American Statesman July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON -- They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes &...