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News Big firms listed as small businesses By Larry MargasakSpokesman-Review 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 government's contractor...

News Huge corporations reap small-business contracts By Larry MargasakLawrence Journal-World 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 Database errors let large corporations take money marked for smaller firms By Larry MargasakThe Daily Texan July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON - They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble booksellers and Dole Food Co....

News Little big firmsWhat qualifies as a small business? By Larry MargasakHonolulu Star July 11, 2003 They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble booksellers and Dole Food Co. But in the government's contractor...

News Verizon and AT&T Wireless Miscast As Small Businesses In Federal Database By Larry MargasakComputer Reseller News July 10, 2003 They are among America's larger companies: Verizon Communications, AT&T Wireless, Barnes & Noble booksellers and Dole Food Co. But in...

News Petaluma man spurs SBA overhaul.Discovery that large companies win many federal contracts leads to change By Mary FrickerPress Democrat June 23, 2003 Complaints by a Petaluma businessman that federal contracts intended for small companies are going instead to...

News Little Business Means Big TroubleLawmakers vow changes to keep large companies from small-firm work By Patience WaitWashington Technology May 26, 2003 A House committee has promised ongoing scrutiny of federal small-business programs after receiving evidence that...

News No Friend in GovernmentHow SBA has failed in serving small business By Keith GirardCBS MarketWatch May 19, 2003 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- For small business advocates, an explosive new report by the General Accounting Office merely confirms what they've long known:...

News "Small Business" Losing Big on Contracts By Kent HooverHouston Business Journal May 18, 2003 'Federal agencies can fill their information technology needs and get credit toward their small business contracting goals by ordering through ASAP Software, a Buffalo...

News GAO: small business contract dollars overstated. Set-Aside Alert May 16, 2003 The federal government is grossly exaggerating the amount of contract dollars awarded to small businesses, primarily because of regulatory loopholes that allow large companies to be...

News Feds Favor Big Business Over Small By Larry MargasakAssociated Press May 7, 2003 (AP) Despite a goal of giving small businesses 23 percent of government contracting dollars, the federal contracting system works in favor of larger companies, congressional...

News GSA to Report Findings: "Are Big Businesses Being Awarded Contracts Intended for Small Businesses?" Set Aside Alert May 2, 2003 The General Accounting Office has been investigating whether large corporations are unlawfully posing as small ones to get federal...

News Hearings On Fraud Set As SBA Acts On Inspector General's Recommendations Minorities in Business Insider April 23, 2003 At last there will be some answers to the questions of whether and on what scale companies are falsely claiming they are small to get preference...

News Squeezed Out? Is there any room left for small businesses in federal contracting? By Chris PenttilaEntrepreneur Magazine April 1, 2003 With the Bush administration opening 850,000 government jobs to private bidding and the Department of Homeland Security getting...

News Small-business Deals Under Investigation By Gail Repsher EmeryWashington Technology February 24, 2003 The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington and the General Accounting Office are investigating whether large businesses are fraudulently pursuing -- and winning --...

News OMB Will Require Annual Re-Certification Of Small Firms on GSA Schedules, GWACs Set Aside Alert February 21, 2003 The office of Management and Budget will require contractors to re-certify their small-business status annually on GSA Schedules and government-wide...

News California VAR Alleges HP Misappropriates Trade SecretsHP denies charges that it uses VAR customer data to expand direct sales By Craig ZarleyComputer Reseller News February 14, 2003 A California VAR said he filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission...

News HP Balances on Tightrope. Move To Sell Directly to Consumers Irritates Dealers By Benjamin PimentelSan Francisco Chronicle February 10, 2003 Facing stiff competition from Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. has been trying to emulate the strategy that made...

News GAO: Billions in small-business contracts go to big firms Santa Rosa Press Democrat January 15, 2003 Large companies are improperly getting billions of dollars in government contracts meant for small business, a preliminary investigation by the U.S. General...

News Small Firms Losing Out on Some U.S. ContractsGAO investigation finds that 'billions of dollars' intended for small businesses are going to corporations or their subsidiaries. By Karen Robinson-JacobsLos Angeles Times January 15, 2003 Large companies are...

News Group Considering Class-Action Suits Against Any Corporate Cheaters Minorities in Business Insider December 24, 2002 Lloyd Chapman, pleased his efforts helped persuade the General Accounting Office to open an investigation into whether some companies are falsely...

News GAO To Report Next Month On Extent Of Big-Business Fraud Minorities in Business Insider December 13, 2002 The General Accounting Office is planning to release next month a report on the extent of fraud by large companies getting federal contracts by claiming to...

News SBA To Review Size Loopholes in Contracts By Marguerite HigginsThe Washington Times December 6, 2002 Seventy percent of the federal contracts allotted for small businesses were given to large companies last year, prompting the government to try to close loopholes...

News Lending a Hand to Small Business By Gail Repsher EmeryWashington Technology November 26, 2002 Responding to complaints from small business executives, two federal agencies are working to close a loophole in the General Services Administration's multiple-award...

News Information Technology Trade Association Spurs Investigations of Alleged Size-Standard Violations Minorities in Business Insider November 15, 2002 GC Micro Corp. makes dramatic progress in its 10-year battle to get meaningful oversight of companies claims they...

News Small business hopeful but waryThe stimulus plan needs to help companies that will "provide the biggest boost," advocates say. By Elizabeth AguileraDenver Post October 9, 2000Small-business owners and advocates are wondering whether the economic-stimulus plan...

News Letter to the editor | Small-business programs deserve protection By Lloyd ChapmanWashington Technology October 9, 2000As a long time advocate for legitimate small businesses across the country, I have to disagree with Jerry Grossman’s comments and suggestions on...

News Truth In Contracting HartfordBusiness.com October 9, 2000Each year, the federal government awards more than $400 billion in contracts, and Congress requires that 23 percent of those lucrative awards be set aside for small business. The point of the mandate is to...

News Caltrans may ditch program for minority contractors By Edwin GarciaEthnic Majority October 9, 2000 SACRAMENTO - Just when California is poised to ramp up road construction, Caltrans may roll back a civil rights program that has steered tens of thousands of...

News Our View -- Small Biz quota a big problem The Free Press October 9, 2000 An investigation by Democrats in the House of Representatives that called into question Small Business Administration statistics on meeting its small business quotas for federal contracts...