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Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Hewlett-Packard, 3M Corporation, Boeing, asblLockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Staples, Barack Obama, Small Business Lending, Fraud, Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, Loans, Xerox, Contracting, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initia...

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Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Minority Business, SBA Administrator, Federal Contracts, Federal Agency, Veteran Owned Business, Bidding for Prime Contracts, Federal Procurement, Loan Guaranty, Karen Mills, The American Small Business League, Asbl, Federal Government, Subcontracting, Contracting Fraud, U.S. Small Business Administration, Disadvantaged Business, Procurement, Sba, Contracting, Defense Department, Procurement Officers, Disabled Veteran, Dod, Albert Einstein, Hubzones, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?

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Cannibal Conservatism: Author Makes Up Charges Against Secretary Gates

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Aircraft, Airbus, Defense Secretary Rober Gates, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Fuel Tanker, Contracting, Procurement, Air Force, Northrop, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

In a time of crisis, Republicans begin to eat their own. The infighting has been going on for months and has occasionally touched the national security establishment.

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Obama Administration Policies Could Be Big Problem for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Prcurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama Administration released the federal government's latest statistics on the volume of contracts awarded to small businesses. Small business owners were stunned, angered and disappointed.

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Small Business Administration Continues to Fabricate Contracting Data

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Chris Gunn, Sba, Asbl, Fraud, American Small Business League, Contracting, Small Business, Business News
Chris Gunn

Despite a mountain of evidence for the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to large corporations, the Small Business Administration refuses to acknowledge the extent of the problems.

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Mainstream Media Should Expose Billions In Abuses In Government Small Business Contracting

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, Obama Administration, Sba, Contracting, American Small Business League, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

For the ninth consecutive year, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has released fabricated and inflated data on the volume of federal contracts awarded to small businesses.

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Obama Administration Fabricates Small Business Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Freedom of Information Act, Business News, Sba, Asbl, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Under Obama, the same Fortune 500 firms that were allowed to receive small business contracts during the Bush Administration continue to receive federal small business contracts.

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Obama Administration Rhetoric Inconsistent with Small Business Policies

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Business News
Chris Gunn

Thus far, the Obama administration has failed to follow-though on a majority of its promises to the small business community.

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SBA Goes to Federal Court of Appeals to Withhold Phone Records

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Island Business Journal, Small Business, Abuse, Mike Stamler, Federal, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Lawsuit, Government, Fraud, Barack Obama, Phone Records, Contracting, Procurement, Purchasing, American Small Business League, Legal Battle, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Anytime you want to look at what the Small Business Administration is doing, you have to go to federal court to get it. Clearly they have something to hide.

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Small Business Issues Should Be Big News in Mainstream Media

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Asbl, Small Business, Fraud, Contracting, Obama Administration, Goaling Report, Barack Obama, American Small Business League, Business News, Cit, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Commercials targeted at small business owners are becoming more common. . It seems advertisers on major television networks have figured out something news producers haven't.

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Obama Administration Stalls the Release of Small Business Contracting Data, According to the American Small Business League

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Scorecard, Small Business, Abuse, Goaling Report, Barack Obama, Sba, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Contracting, Procurement, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Chris Gunn

Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations found billions of dollars in federal small business contracts have wound-up in the hands of corporate giants.

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Afghanistan Contractor: "We Were Warlords Over There"

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Contracting, Afghanistan, Private Security Contractors, World News
Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

Fraud is rampant in Afghanistan just as it has been in Iraq--and if you thought enforcement was lax in Iraq, you've seen nothing yet.

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Federal Stimulus: Are Construction Projects Stimulating You?

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Federal Bailouts, Small Business, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Sba, Procurement, Contracting, Stimulus, Karen Mills, Business News
Jerry Chautin

There can be a symbiotic relationship between small-business construction contractors, SBA and federal procurement officers.

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National Small Business Groups Bristle in Response to ASBL Blog

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Report 5-15, National Small Business Association, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Us Womens Chamber of Commerce, Fraud, Barack Obama, Eocnomy, Nsba, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Uswcc, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Yesterday, I posted an article to the Huffington Post. This morning both the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce and the National Small Business Association fired back.

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Forbes: Let the Small Business Administration work

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Contracting, Procurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Michael Forbes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The following article is a commentary from Congressman Michael P. Forbes ( 1995-2001), which ran in the Austin American Statesman on December 1, 2008....

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SBA Attempts to Minimize Diversion of Billions In Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants

Chris Gunn | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Contracting, Procurement, Sandy Baruah, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League dropped the following press release this morning. In it the league points to the Small Business Administration's e...

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Obama Votes For Bailout Bill With Language That Could Harm Firms Owned by Women and Minorities

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Bush Administration, Small Business, Bailout, Barack Obama, Federal Government, Far, Economy, Middle Class, Obama, Procurement, Contracting, Federal Aquisition Regulation, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

No Objection From Obama To Bailout Bill Language That Could Harm Firms Owned By Women and Minorities Senator Barack Obama has voted for the latest Se...

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New SBA Head Still Refusing to Release Small Business Contracting Statistics

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Bush Administration, Small Business, Fortune 1000, Federal Government, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, Procurement, Sandy Baruah, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Eleven and a half months after the end of the federal government's fiscal year (FY) 2007, new Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administratio...

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New Government Policy Helps Big Businesses Hide in Small Business Database

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Bush Administration, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Abuse, Ccr; Central Contractors Registration, Economy, Procurement, Contracting, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

A new Bush Administration policy will make it easier for large businesses to land government small business contracts by misrepresenting themselves as...

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McCain Small Business Plan Ignores Major Small Business Issues

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Fortuen 1000, Economy, Sba, Asbl, Evergy, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Big Oil, Oil, Tax Cuts, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, John McCain, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

On Monday, Senator John McCain's (R - AZ) presidential campaign issued a press release entitled, "John McCain's Plan To Help Small Business." The pla...

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Senate Committee Votes to Give Government Small Business Contracts to Billionaire Venture Capitalists

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Sbir, Venture Capital, Contracting, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Petaluma, Calif. - Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship passed S. 3362, the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008. T...

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Blackwater Gets a Billion in Small Business Contracts with Help from SBA Loophole

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Blackwater, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Procurement, Contracting, American Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Small Business Administration ruled that Blackwater was a small business -- yet another example of the Bush administration diverting billions to some of the largest corporations in the world.

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SBA Goes After Its Harshest Critic

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Fortune 500, Small Business, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Economy, Middle Class, Libel, Slander, Procurement, Contracting, Contracts, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) has uncovered an extensive campaign by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to impugn the organization's ...

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CNN: "SBA Scandal"

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Economy, Cnn, Middle Class, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Scandal, American Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Source:  www.cnn.com ...

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Bush to Take Last Crack at Dismantling Programs for Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Bush Administration, Small Business, Fortune 1000, Middle Class Economy, Economy, Middle Class, Procurement, Contracting, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Bush administration is gearing up to take one last shot at dismantling federal programs designed to assist middle class firms.

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