Mr. Chapman began his career working for legendary Texas political leader Bob Bullock. He spent eight years in the Texas Controller’s office, before moving to California in 1986 to enter the computer industry. It was at this time that he first became aware of major problems in federal small business contracting programs, and soon became an advocate for small technology firms. In this role, he closely monitored federal “set-aside” contracts for small businesses. His work triggered a 1991 Congressional investigation into the F-22 Stealth fighter that forced the Air Force and Lockheed Martin to allocate an additional $501 million to small and minority-owned firms.

In his continuing role as a small business advocate, Mr. Chapman spearheaded litigation to acquire information on small business utilization in government contracting. In 1993, a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit led to the release of vital information documenting small business contracting awards. This has paved the way for greater participation by small businesses in federal contracting.

In 2003, information provided by Mr. Chapman prompted a GAO investigation confirming that, in direct conflict with the Small Business Act of 1953, a significant number of small business contracts were being awarded to some of the world’s largest corporations.

In order to form a coalition to promote fair policy in federal small business contracting, Mr. Chapman founded a trade group, the Micro Computer Industry Suppliers Association, in 2003. When membership began to include businesses in other industries, the name of the organization was changed to the American Small Business League in 2004.

A vocal crusader for the rights of small business, Mr. Chapman is a familiar figure at the Small Business Administration and in the United States Congress, where he has continued to work tirelessly during the last two presidential administrations to prevent federal small business contracts from being diverted to large corporations.

Blog Entries by Lloyd Chapman

More Fraud in SBA Managed Small Business Programs

Posted November 23, 2009 | 07:22 PM (EST)


In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program investigators stated, "By failing to hold firms accountable, SBA and contracting agencies have sent a message to the contracting community that there is no punishment or consequences for committing...

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Obama Small Business Forum Will Ignore the Number One Challenge

11 Comments | Posted November 17, 2009 | 09:32 PM (EST)


The Obama administration will hold a Small Business Forum Wednesday with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills. While many subjects will be covered, the American Small Business League (ASBL) predicts that the one subject not discussed will be the diversion of federal small business...

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Obama Small Business Conference Should Take 'Reasonable' Steps to Reduce Unemployment

1 Comments | Posted November 16, 2009 | 09:15 PM (EST)


Since President Barack Obama has said that we need to take all reasonable steps to stimulate the economy and create new jobs, the American Small Business League (ASBL) would like to propose these very reasonable steps to stimulate the economy and cut unemployment: http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/11/12/white-house-to-host-jobs-forum-in-december/

- Do not...

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Obama Small Business Forum Could Create Loophole for Venture Capitalists

1 Comments | Posted November 13, 2009 | 08:08 PM (EST)


On November 18, the Obama Administration will hold a small business forum to "determine what additional steps we can take to get credit flowing to small businesses that want to expand and create more jobs." As of the close of business on Friday, November 13, at 5 p.m. PST, the...

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Details of Next Week's Obama Small Business Conference Remain a Mystery

1 Comments | Posted November 11, 2009 | 09:04 PM (EST)


On October 21, President Barack Obama announced he would convene a small business conference to address increasing access to capital for small businesses. Yet less than a week before the conference is set to convene on Wednesday, November 18, the Administration has refused to release any information regarding the event's...

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Obama Stimulus Plan Fails Middle Class

2 Comments | Posted November 6, 2009 | 08:11 PM (EST)


On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the national unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in the month of October, its highest point in 26 years.

Small business advocates like the American Small Business League (ASBL) believe the unemployment rate continues to soar because the Obama Administration's economic...

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Obama's First Year Short Changes Small Businesses

5 Comments | Posted November 4, 2009 | 08:30 PM (EST)


A year after being elected, President Barack Obama's small business policies don't seem to match his campaign promises to America's 27 million small businesses.

President Obama earned the support of small business groups during his campaign by making several key promises. President Obama promised to:

- Restore the Small...

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Details of Obama Small Business Conference Remain a Mystery

6 Comments | Posted November 3, 2009 | 08:43 PM (EST)


Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced a special conference to discuss increasing the flow of credit to small businesses, no information about the date, time, location or attendees has been made available.

The American Small Business League (ASBL) is skeptical about the true purpose of the conference. The...

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Questions for SBA Administrator Karen Mills

6 Comments | Posted October 30, 2009 | 08:29 PM (EST)


In February of 2008, President Obama released the statement, "It is time to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants." Every year since 2006, the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG) has released a report, which listed the agency's #1 management challenge as,...

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Obama's Plan to Help Small Businesses Evaporates

12 Comments | Posted October 27, 2009 | 08:12 PM (EST)


Last week, President Obama announced his administration's plan for a, "New Small Business Lending Initiative." The new initiative is the next installment in a series of speeches by President Obama, which have yet to yield any results for the small business community.

In his speech President Obama stated, "This administration...

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Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

11 Comments | Posted October 21, 2009 | 09:21 PM (EST)


Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initiative." According to President Obama's statements, the initiative would focus almost entirely on increasing the ceilings on government loans to small businesses. (http://bit.ly/47ZRLy)

However, President Obama...

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Justice Department Drops Appeal of Federal Court Ruling

7 Comments | Posted October 19, 2009 | 08:01 PM (EST)


The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its appeal of a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarding legal fees to the American Small Business League (ASBL). The case was scheduled to be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals early next year....

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Corporate Giants Land Obama Small Business Funds Under ARRA

9 Comments | Posted October 15, 2009 | 10:10 PM (EST)


In December of 2008, President Barack Obama's Presidential transition team estimated that for every billion dollars spent on federal infrastructure projects, 40,000 jobs would be created nationwide. (http://tiny.cc/POj7a ) Yet on Thursday, the Obama Administration released its first report on the distribution of dollars under the American Recovery and...

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Obama Refusing to Give Contracts to Small Businesses as Unemployment Continues to Rise

25 Comments | Posted October 5, 2009 | 07:39 PM (EST)


According to the most recent data from the Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation (FPDS-NG), the Obama Administration is continuing to award billions of dollars a month in federal small business contracts to corporate giants.

The top recipient was Fortune 500 firm Textron, which received $775.7...

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Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith Epitomizes Everything that is Wrong with Government

33 Comments | Posted September 30, 2009 | 08:39 PM (EST)


Huntsville Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith (D-AL-5) is claiming that he accidentally included language in his new bill, H.R. 3558, which would allow some of his largest campaign contributors and their subsidiaries to receive billions of dollars in government small business contracts.

In an article published in the Florence, Alabama based...

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Alabama Congressman Introduces Bill to Give Small Business Funds to His Top Campaign Contributors

4 Comments | Posted September 29, 2009 | 08:29 PM (EST)


On September 14, 2009, Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith (D - AL5) introduced a new bill, H.R. 3558, which will allow some of his largest campaign contributors to land billions of dollars in federal small business contracts. (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3558ih.txt.pdf)

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are two of Congressman Griffith's largest campaign...

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Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith Wants Big Businesses to Get Federal Small Business Funds

18 Comments | Posted September 23, 2009 | 08:32 PM (EST)


Huntsville Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith (D - AL5) has introduced a new bill in the House of Representatives that will allow divisions of Fortune 500 firms and thousands of other large businesses to receive billions of dollars in federal contracts earmarked for small businesses.

Several Fortune...

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Questions For Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith About His New Bill H.R. 3558

8 Comments | Posted September 21, 2009 | 08:27 PM (EST)


Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith (D - AL5) claims that the purpose of his bill, H.R. 3558 is to help small businesses. In reality, H.R. 3558 will create a colossal loophole that will allow subsidiaries and suppliers of some of his largest campaign contributors, such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman to...

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Dueling Bills in Congress Could Help or Hurt Middle Class Firms

4 Comments | Posted September 16, 2009 | 08:38 PM (EST)


In 2005, the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG) issued Report 5-15, which referred to the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants as, "One of the most important challenges facing the Small Business Administration and the entire Federal government today."

Report 5-15...

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Corporate Giants Want the Small Business Administration Closed, and Obama Might Oblige Them

13 Comments | Posted September 9, 2009 | 09:01 PM (EST)


Corporate giants in America have been trying to close the Small Business Administration (SBA) since Ronald Reagan was President. The reason is simple, Fortune 500 firms and thousands of other large businesses are currently receiving the lion's share of federal small business contracts, and they want to keep it that...

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