Federal Small Business Contracts

Fraud, Abuse in Small Business Contracting Programs Needs to End Now

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.18.2012

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Lloyd Chapman

One of the most important problems raised by recent news of the General Services Administration's (GSA) trip to Las Vegas on the taxpayer's dime is the abuse of federal small business contracting programs.

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The Best Way for Congress to Help Small Businesses is to Not Close the Small Business Administration

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Small Business, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Department of Commerce, Policy, Small Business Legislation, Government Contracting, Unemployment, American Small Business League, Small Businesses, SBA Merger, Federal Spending, Jobs, David Stockman, Sba Inspector General, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Defense Industry, Federal Small Business Contracts, Sba, Peggy Gustafson, Economy, Small Business Act, Small Business America, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small businesses are proven to be this nation's chief engine of economic stimulus and job creation but President Obama plans to close the only federal agency that exists to help America's 28 million small businesses.

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

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.29.2012

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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An Open Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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