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	<title><![CDATA[New SBA Head Stalling the Release of Latest Small Business Contracting Statistics]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lloyd-chapman/new-sba-head-stalling-the_b_123887.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>In late July, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it would release its official federal small business contracting statistics for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 by the end of August. On August 25, 2008, attorneys representing the SBA told Federal District Court Judge Marilyn H. Patel that the SBA did not have any information on the volume of contracts awarded to small business or the specific names of the firms that received those contracts. </p>

<p>In court documents Patel stated, "The court...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-05T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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