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	<title><![CDATA[ASBL Recommendations to End Fraud, Abuse, and Loopholes in Federal Small Business Contracting]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lloyd-chapman/asbl-recommendations-to-e_b_138167.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>This Morning the American Small Business League released the following press release: </em></p>

<p><strong>Petaluma, Calif. -</strong> Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations have found billions of dollars in federal contracts earmarked for middle class firms have been diverted to Fortune 500 companies. A recent story in the Washington Post found over 40 percent of government small business contracts actually went to Fortune 500 firms. Even though the diversion of government small business contracts was first exposed in 2002, Congress has...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-11-27T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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