News Government Small Business Statistics Include Over 5,000 Large Businesses American Small Business League June 21, 2017PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwired - June 21, 2017) -Datafrom the Federal Procurement Data System compiled by Rockville,Maryland-based Fedmine, found the...
News Professor Charles Tiefer Challenges Accuracy of Government Small Business Data American Small Business League June 21, 2017PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwired - June 21, 2017) -According to the American Small Business League, Professor CharlesTiefer has been widely...
News Small Business Advocate Claims Trillion-Dollar Fraud In Government Contracting Central Valley Business Times June 18, 2017Americantaxpayers are being bamboozled by their government to the tune of at least atrillion dollars, says a small business advocate and...
News Government Small Business Data Includes Billions to Fortune 500 Firms, ASBL Reports American Small Business League June 15, 2017PETALUMA, Calif., June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal ProcurementData...
News Trump Administration Fails At Creating Jobs By Missing Small Business Contract Targets By Charles TieferForbes June 5, 2017In a May 18 press release, the Small Business Administration claimed the federal government had achieved the small business procurement...
News Small biz group to get day in courtvs. DOD subcontracting program By Alice LipowiczSet-Aside Alert April 28, 2017Asmall-business group will go to trial in December against the Defense Dept. totry to reveal more information about the workings of the DOD's...
News Sikorsky, Pentagon Target Of Lawsuit Over Small Business Access By Stephen SingerHartford Courant April 14, 2017A small-business advocate is fighting two behemothsin an effort to force the Pentagon to disclose a plan showing whether smallbusinesses have access as...
News Pentagon Headed to Court Against Small Business Advocate By Charles S. ClarkGovernment Executive April 13, 2017A small-business advocate has won a dayin court with Pentagon attorneys to argue whether the Defense Department shouldrelease shielded internal...
News SBA Draws Flak Over Big Contractors' Share of Awards By Sam SkolnikBloomberg March 30, 2017NewSmall Business Administration (SBA) chief Linda McMahon soon will be facing aquestion that goes to the heart of the agency's mission: Are smaller federalcontractors...
News SBA Draws Flak Over Big Contractors' Share of Awards By Sam Skolnik Bloomberg March 30, 2017 New Small Business Administration (SBA) chief Linda McMahon soon will be facing a question that goes to the heart of the agency's mission: Are smaller federal contractors...
News Trump looks to cut funding to Small Business Administration, Lakewood businesses concerned By James Gherardi ABC News 5 Cleveland March 28, 2017LAKEWOOD, Ohio - The Trump administration is looking to cut more than $43million in funding to the Small Business...
News Trump's SBA Budget Saves Loan Guarantees, But Cuts Microloans And Training By Robb MandelbaumForbes March 17, 2017 At her confirmation hearing in January, new SBA administrator Linda McMahon appeared noncommittal toward the Small Business Administration's chief...
News Trump budget would cut Small Business Administration funding AP News March 16, 2017 NEW YORK (AP) The Trump administration's budget proposal for the next fiscal year would cut Small Business Administration funding by 5 percent, eliminating some Obama...
News Obama administration spent record amount of money fighting Freedom of Information Act lawsuits By Tré Goins-PhillipsThe Blaze March 15, 2017In his final year in office, formerPresident Barack Obama's administration spent a record $36.2 million defendingitself...
News Court Hurts Small Biz Transparency: Watchdog By Alice LipowiczSet-Aside Alert March 3, 2017A recent federal appeals court ruling does not servethe interests of transparency in small business federal contracting, accordingto a public interest watchdog group. The...
News Appeals Court Rules Against Small-Business Group In Transparency Case Over Pentagon Contracts By Russell BonifaceNorthern California Record January 30, 2017SAN FRANCISCO The American Small BusinessLeague lost an appeal on Jan. 6 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
News Court Blocks Peek Into Small Biz Contracting Program By Neil GordonProject On Government Oversight January 17, 2017Earlier this month, a federal appeals court issued a rulingthat dealt a blow to the causes of open government and contracting transparency.In the...
News Pentagon Wins Court Round on Disclosing Sikorsky Subcontracting Plans By Charles S. ClarkGovernment Executive January 10, 2017Defense Department attorneys won anappeals court decision on Jan. 6 that denies a demand from a small businessadvocacy group that...
News Linda McMahon Backed Revamp of SBA, Which She Has Been Picked to Lead President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the agency, supported the Obama administration's plan to merge it By Ruth Simon and Ted MannThe Wall Street Journal December 12, 2016Linda...
News Who Will Lead The SBA Under Trump? By Jeremy QuittnerFortune Magazine December 1, 2016Itmay be a while before we find out.Consideringthe range of cabinetpicks now under way with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team,the chief of the Small Business...
News SBA's legal woes not over with appeal By Meredith SomersFederal News Radio November 21, 2016The American Small Business League wants thelast word on whether a Fortune 500 company can be considered a "smallbusiness."The ASBL recently filed an appeal...
News SBA's legal woes not over with appeal By Meredith Somers Federal News Radio November 21, 2016 The American Small Business League wants the last word on whether a Fortune 500 company can be considered a "small business." The ASBL recently filed an appeal with...
News Small Business Group Renews Suit Challenging SBA's Goal Claims By Charles S. ClarkGovernment Executive November 18, 2016The small but vocal American Small BusinessLeague this week continued its long-standingchallenge to the Small Business Administration's claims...
News Small Business Group Renews Suit Challenging SBA's Goal Claims By Charles S. Clark Government Executive November 18, 2016 The small but vocal American Small Business League this week continued its long-standing challenge to the Small Business Administration's...
News Court tosses case against SBA for awarding billions in small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms By Tara MapesNorthern California Record November 3, 2016SANFRANCISCO - The American Small Business League's (ASBL) request for aninjunction against the Small...
News Feds Short-changed Small Businesses Out of $200 Billion in Contracts in 2015 Alone, Says Advocacy Group By Nash RigginsSmall Business Trends October 31, 2016The UnitedStates government agency responsible for supporting entrepreneurs has beenaccused of...
News Here's Why It's So Hard to Start a Business in the U.S. A new report from the World Bank ranks the United States 51st in the world when it comes to the ease of launching a new company. So what's making life so difficult for the nation's entrepreneurs? By Leigh...
News Claims Feds Misclassify Small Businesses Dropped By Nicholas Iovino Courthouse News Service October 20, 2016SAN FRANCISCO(CN) - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government falselyreported that billions of dollars in public contracts for large...
News American Small Business League continues fight against the federal government By Dawn GeskeNorthern California Record October 12, 2016PETALUMA The American Small Business League (ASBL) has filed for an injunction to haltthe alleged falsifying of small business...
News Congress Appears Poised To Gut Government Contracts For Small Business By Robb MandelbaumForbes September 30, 2016M.L. Mackeyand her husband started their company, Beacon InteractiveSystems, 22 years ago. Since 2002, they have made their living primarilyselling...