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News Being a Voice For Small BusinessPetaluma resident Lloyd Chapman founded the American Small Business League in an effort to ensure small companies benefit from government programs designed to help them By Ted GrossPetaluma Argus-Courier October 9, 5600 When Lloyd...

News Letter to the Editor: Obama's Policies are Bad for Small Business By Lloyd ChapmanFederal Times October 9, 5200Bad for small businessFor more than three years, I have been predicting that President Obama would try to close the Small Business Administration by...

News Real Change: New President Gets VCBarack Obama has an affinity for venture capital that dates back to his days as a state senator By Brad SpirrisonVCJ: Venture Capital Journal October 9, 5200Steven Lazarus had just sat down after accepting a lifetime achievement...

News Does the SBA Matter?Its status and budget have shrunk. Do small business owners care? Tell Us what you think. By Geoff LewisSmall Business Review October 9, 5200 Does the Small Business Administration really matter to the health of America's small business...

News Trump's 2020 Budget Is A Recipe of Disaster for Black Businesses, Says the U.S. Black Chambers By Jeffrey McKinneyBlack Enterprise October 9, 4400 Small black-owned businesses, among the nation's most rapidly growing firms in recent years, could be hindered by...

News Troubling preferenceIt's time to scale back federal no-bid program for Native firms Anchorage Daily News October 9, 4400 Is it any wonder that small and minority-owned businesses in the Lower 48 are steamed about a federal bidding preference that has helped...

News Senate Committee Approves Preston for SBA PostFollowing the 18-0 vote, the nomination now moves to the full Senate for consideration. By Angus LotenInc.com October 9, 4400 Steven Preston, a former corporate executive, was unanimously approved by a Senate...

News Commentary: Bush's Overall Arrogance and Dismissiveness Have Rubbed Off on His Agencies By Deborah MathisBlackAmericaWeb.com October 9, 4400 If you think the high arrogance of the Bush administration is confined to its dismissiveness about Abu Ghraib; its...

News Group sues SBA to get records of contract protest decisions By Kent HooverBusiness Journal, Washington Bureau October 9, 4400Read the article at bizjournals.com

News #GetRealSBA: Public Citizen Calls Out SBA Misrepresentation of Small Business Goal AchievementsSign the #GetRealSBA Petition here – – tell the SBA you expect better! U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce October 9, 4000Thishas been a watershed week for the Small...

News Covert operation: In defense bill, Congress quietly passes small-business legislationIt's not the first time the annual defense spending bill has been exploited By J.D. HarrisonThe Washington Post October 9, 4000How do youget legislation through a bitterly...

News Obama Backs Off Windfall Tax Pledge By Newsmax.com StaffNewsmax.com October 9, 4000 President-elect Barack Obama has backed away from a campaign promise to levy a windfall profits tax on big oil. Obama spoke about a windfall profits tax as early as April. With...

News Economist: Small biz doesn't merit special treatment By Kent HooverBusiness Journal, Washington Bureau October 9, 4000Read the article at bizjournals.com

News Agency critic not letting up By Thuy-Doan LeSacramento Bee October 9, 4000 Lloyd Chapman doesn't mind being a thorn in the side of the U.S. Small Business Administration.A longtime critic of the agency, Chapman, who is president and founder of the Petaluma-based...

News Senate Small Business Comittee's Contracting Improvements Act of 2010 October 9, 3600INTRODUCTION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING IMPROVEMENTSACT OF 2010Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I am pleased today to be introducing, along with theRanking Member on my...

News White House Opposes Small-Business Contracting Provision in Defense Bill By Robb MandelbaumNY Times October 9, 3600 Among the many objections that the Obama administration has raised to the National Defense Authorization Act, a Republican bill that passed the...

News SBA Asks Judge to Dismiss Advocacy Group's Suit in Alleged Slander Flap By Rob KuzniaHispanicBusiness.com October 9, 3600The Small Business Administration is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a small business advocacy group for the telephone records of...

News Bush Names Small Business Administration ChiefBut Sandy Baruah, a Commerce Dept. official, has only limited small-biz experience, and, if confirmed, will have only a few months to serve By John TozziBusiness Week October 9, 3600President Bush on June 25 tapped a...

News Fight for the Little GuyPetaluma man wrests federal contracts from big business By Ilana DeBareSan Francisco Chronicle October 9, 3600 When Lloyd Chapman was a teenager, his father used to talk over dinner about the government contracts he'd put out for bid as a...

News Determining What Constitutes a Small BusinessHearings to hash out where the limits are in different industries By Ilana DeBareSan Francisco Chronicle October 9, 3600 How small is a small business?No, that is not a Zen riddle. It's a question being asked by the...

News Big Companies in Small-Biz ClothingAn SBA report finds that $2 billion in government contracts earmarked for small outfits went to large corporations instead By Erin ChambersBusiness Week Online October 9, 3600 More than $2 billion in federal contracts supposedly...

News Commentary: The real GSA scandal By Elliott RosenfeldWashington Post October 9, 3200As more details about wasteful spending and outright fraudulent practices at the General Services Administration are emerging, it becomes clearer every day that there is a far...

News SBA to redefine small-business size By David HublerFederal Computer Week October 9, 3200 The Small Business Administration plans to issue a regulation to revise the rules regarding contractor reporting and certification of small-business size status.The Federal...

News SBA deals go to big contractors By Kevin J. ShayGazette.net October 9, 3200 Federal agencies have a goal of awarding 23 percent of contracts to small companies – potentially worth more than $70 billion annually.The U.S. Small Business Administration helped small...

News Entrepreneur feels victimized by federal agency, big competitorsPR firm folds after contract is pulled; 9-year court battle lost on jurisdictional issue By Kevin J. ShayGazette.net October 9, 3200 At one time, Joseph Cooper's advertising and public relations...

News SBA: Small businesses power nation's economy Gazette.net October 9, 3200 Virtually every American private employer is a small business, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Small Business Administration.In 2005, small businesses accounted for 99.7...

News SBA critic stops short of proposing agency's abolition By Jenny Mandelgovexec.com October 9, 3200 Congressional overseers questioned the effectiveness of the Small Business Administration's guaranteed loan program at a hearing Thursday, but panelists stopped...

News SBA Accused of Illegal Lobbying By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 3200 Hell hath no fury like a Congressman scorned. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., still smarting over the way small business groups ambushed his recent hearing into the Small Business...

News Chief defends SBA's existence By Kara RowlandWashington Times October 9, 3200 The Small Business Administration defended its existence yesterday as critics slammed its response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and questioned the agency's definition of a small...

News Senate Set to Debate SBA Bill By Keith GirardAllBusiness.com October 9, 2800 The controversy over a Senate bill to reauthorize the Small Business Administration is likely to begin anew when Congress reconvenes after Labor Day.At issue are two provisions that the...