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Christina Wilkie

Club For Growth Directors Fail Their Own Purity Test

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Read More: Elections 2014, Club for Growth Gop, Government Contracting, Conservative Hypocrisy, Federal Contracts, Government Spending, GOP Candidates, Conservatives Government Spending, Video, Federal Budget Deficit, Club for Growth Directors, John Childs, Club for Growth, Tea Party, Chris Chocola, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Chris Chocola, president of the Club for Growth, recently said his conservative advocacy group's "effectiveness lies in our uncompromisi...

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Should SIGAR Have Suspension and Debarment Power?

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Read More: Government, Inspector General, Sigar, Afghanistan, War, Federal Contracts, Waste, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

As we pointed out last year, the appointment of John F. Sopkoto head the watchdog agency seems to have infused SIGAR with renewed vigor, as evidenced by an increase in inspections and audits. But SIGAR wants to do more.

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Obama to Dismantle Small Business Administration, Increase Foreign Aid

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.20.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Foreign Aid, Small Business Administration, Budget, President Barack Obama, Federal Contracts, Gdp, Department of Commerce, Fortune 500 Companies, Small Businesses, Recession, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small businesses won't have anyone in their corner if the Department of Commerce, with its close ties and loyalties to large corporations, absorbs the SBA. Small businesses stimulate job growth, and without a specific entity supporting them, our economy can't improve.

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Dave Jamieson

Walter Reed's Low-Wage Janitors Working Without Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2012 | DC
Read More: Janitors, Irs, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Contracts, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Defense Department, Walter Reed, DC News

Update: The Gazette reports that the workers received their checks late Tuesday. WASHINGTON -- Janitors and housekeepers who clean the Walter Reed ...

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The Most Effective Economic Stimulus Plan For Today's Economy Was Passed By Congress In 1953

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.03.2012 | Business
Read More: Small Business, Congress, Opportunity-Private, Corporate Greeed, Politicians, Economy, Federal Contracts, Jobs, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, Opportunity-Working, Stimulus, Small Business Administration, Opportunity-Public, Federal Government, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The federal government has squandered upwards of $2 trillion taxpayer dollars trying to stimulate the economy. I don't think we've gotten our money's worth. Let's try complying with existing federal law and direct existing federal infrastructure spending to small businesses.

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Washington Ignores Simplest Solution To Job Creation And Economic Stimulus

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.24.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business Contracts, Opportunity-Public, Small Business, Opportunity-Private, Economy, Federal Contracts, Sba, Small Business Funds, Asbl, Opportunity-Working, American Small Business League, Stimulus, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

If President Obama and Congress are serious about stimulating the economy and creating jobs, they will stop giving federal small business contracts to large corporations. But I doubt you will see that happen.

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Small Contractors Are Getting Screwed

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.19.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Contractors, Video, Small Contractors, Subcontracting, Subcontractor, Federal Contracts, Defense Contractors, Federal Contractors, Defense Spending, Defense Cuts, Defense Budget, Bidding for Prime Contracts, Sequestration, Small Business News

It's tough out there for a small contractor -- especially when you don't get the work you thought you were going to get. Almost a third of subcontr...

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NAACP Silent as Federal Contracts to Minority-Owned Small Businesses Drop

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.24.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business Contracts, Small Business, Economy, President Obama, Federal Contracts, Jobs, Obama Administration, Asbl, Obama, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Small Business League, Minority, Naacp, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

I'm surprised that the NAACP has been silent on an issue that strikes at the heart of the organization's mission. That is, federal contracting with small businesses owned by minorities has dropped significantly in the last year.

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GSA Scandal Is a Window to the Way Washington Really Works

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.09.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business Contract, Inspector General, Gsa, America, Government Contracts, Tax Dollars, Lavish Spending, Small Business Administration, Martha Johnson, General Services Administration, Federal Contracts, Small Busines, Sba, Administrator, Obama, Scandal, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Maybe it was the fact that the administrator was forced to resign and two employees were fired. Truth be told, a lot of administration heads should probably resign. These abuses are not unique to the Obama administration; they've gone on for decades.

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Anti-Small Business Corporate Giants Want the Small Business Administration Closed

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Veronique De Rugy, Small Business, President Obama, Fortune 500, Federal Contracts, Sba, Jobs, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Wall Street Journal, Small Business Contracts, Barack Obama, Corporations, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Job Numbers, Small Business America, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Make no mistake -- anyone that talks about closing the SBA is anti-small business and is simply marching to the beat of the Fortune 500 firms that unfortunately have tremendous control over Congress.

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Dave Jamieson

FedEx To Pay $3 Million Over Hiring Discrimination Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Fedex, U.S. Labor Department, Hilda Solis, Hiring Discrimination, Memphis, Labor Department, Federal Contracts, FedEx Corp, Jobs, Discrimination, Lawsuit, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Shipping giant FedEx has agreed to pay $3 million to settle federal charges that the company had a widespread pattern of discriminating ...

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Do Apple, Bank of America, GM and Chevron Sound Like Small Businesses to You?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.29.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Fortune 500, Chevron, President Obama, Obama Administration, Bank of America, Apple, General Motors, American Small Business League, Federal Small Business Contracts, Large Companies, Federal Contracts, Economy, Small Business, Small Business Contracts, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The most recent data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) shows that last year the Obama administration diverted billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to some of the biggest companies in the world.

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The Next President Will Be a Liar

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.14.2012 | Business
Read More: President, Federal Contracting Fraud, President Obama, Pull Out of Iraq, Tyranny, Public Approval of Congress, Mitt Romney, U.S., Iraq, Thomas Jefferson, Congress, Primary, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republican, Mainstream Media, Obama Failed Campaign Promises, Unemployment, Broken Promises, Guantanamo Bay, Liberty, American Small Business League, Watchdog, Failed Campaign Promises, Candidates, Americans, Liars, Republicans, Federal Contracts, Obama Broken Promises, Economy, Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Regardless of whether the next president is a Republican or Democrat, whether it's Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or any other of the Republican frontrunners, one thing is guaranteed: he will lie.

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Betrayed: Federal Audit Criticizes Small Business Administration for Excluding Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.14.2012 | Business
Read More: Fraud, Small Business, Federal Acquisitions, Unemployment, Small Business Administration, Economy, Federal Contracts, U.S. Small Business Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Sba Oig, American Small Business League, Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

By relying on flawed statistics, the SBA rendered small businesses ineligible to receive $112 billion dollars in federal contracts last year.

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Obama Jobs Bill Ignores Basic Principle of Job Creation: Small Businesses Create All the Jobs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.27.2011 | Business
Read More: Small Business, Lobbying, Jobs Bill, Economy, Fortune 500, Federal Contracts, Big Business, Obama, Corporate Giants, Legislation, Contracts, House, Senate, General Electric, British Aerospace, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Lockheed Martin, Government Contracting, Small Business Government Contracts, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. Small businesses need those contracts, not the tax cuts proposed in the president's jobs bill.

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Obama Is Not Trying to Create Jobs; He's Trying to Get Re-elected

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.09.2011 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Tax Dollars, Jobs Bill, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Sba, Jobs, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Obama, Contracts, Infrastructure Spending, Small Business Administration, Tax Cuts, Jobs Plan, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

I don't think President Obama is trying to create jobs. His jobs bill is designed to get him re-elected. I think if you looked at the facts you'd agree.

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One Honored Obama Campaign Promise Could Help Slash Jobs Deficit

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Small Business, Bush Administration, Congress, Unemployment, Economic Recession, Executive Order, Economy, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Jobs, Obama Administration, Obama, Small Business Contracting, Job Creation, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

It defies all logic and reason for President Obama to be aware of this problem, acknowledge it during his campaign, and yet do nothing. It is a win-win for the American people and our economy.

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Executive Order Could Slash Jobs Deficit

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.03.2011 | Business
Read More: Super Congress, Congress, Small Business, Mccaskill, Executive Order, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Jobs, Budget Deficit, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Jobs Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Unemployment, General Electric, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Political Chicken, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Congress' focus is in the wrong place. The biggest challenge the U.S. faces right now is the jobs deficit, not the budget deficit. Unemployment rates determine a healthy and functioning economy, and those rates are reaching new heights.

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Senate Probes Small Business Administration on Billions in Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Abuse, Contracting Oversight, Homeland Security, Federal Contracts, Asbl, Fraud, Contract, American Small Business League, Small Business America, Inspector General, Small Business, Mccaskill, Sba, Obama, Lloyd Chapman, Peg Gustafson, Small Business Administration, Senate, Joseph Jordan, Procurement, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

In 2008, President Obama recognized the magnitude of the issue stating, "It is time to end the diversion of small business contracts to corporate giants."

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Elimination of Loopholes for Pentagon Contractors Could Create Thousands of Jobs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: CSPTP, Lloyd Chapman, Fraud, Subcontracts, Asbl, Department of Defense, Pentagon, American Small Business League, Asbuse, Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program, Federal Contracts, Jobs, Economic Growth, Job Creation, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The elimination of a potentially fraudulent Pentagon subcontracting program could help spur job creation by increasing the amount of federal subcontra...

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Why Did President Obama Hide Record Small Business Numbers

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Fraud, Small Business Contracts, Small Business Administration, Small Business Procurement Scorecard, President Obama, Abuse, Asbl, Federal Contracts, Sba, American Small Business League, Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Last Friday, as I predicted in my August 6 and August 24 Huffington Post blogs, the Obama Administration, right on queue, released the latest Small B...

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An Open Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Fraud, h.r. 2568, The Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act, Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Federal Small Business Contracts, Federal Contracts, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Economic Growth, Ben Bernanke, American Small Business League, Job Creation, Recession, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

I read your speech from Friday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In the speech you stated, "the ...

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No More Contracts with the Devil! What Obama Learned from Municipal Living Wage Laws

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Private Contractors, Wages, Federal Contracts, Living Wage, Federal Contracting, Contracting, Chamber of Commerce, Procurement, Politics News
Amy Traub

Want to pay your employees less than it takes to support a family, force Medicaid and hospital emergency rooms to pay for their health care, and break...

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Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Women and Minorities Bit Players, But Gaining in Selling to America's Biggest Customer -- the Federal Government

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Small Business, Valarie King-Bailey, Federal Contracts, Federal Contracting, Women in Government, Equal Opportunity, American Express, Diversity Initiatives in Business, Recovery Programs, Women Minority Owned Businesses, OnShore Technologies, Minority Owned Businesses, Give Me 5 Program, Chicago Foundation for Women, Stimulus Programs, Women Owned Businesses, Government Procurement, Black Owned Businesses, Women?S Economic Advancement, American Express OPEN, Request for Proposal, Eddie Washington, Waukegan, City of Chicago Contracts, State Contracts, Bidding, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

When it comes to stimulus-related government contracts for small business, women's business, and minority-owned businesses, there are but few happy campers.

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