Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role
Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?
Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?
Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
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.
Chris Gunn | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business
Thus far, the Obama administration has failed to follow-though on a majority of its promises to the small business community.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
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.
Chris Gunn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
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.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
There can be a symbiotic relationship between small-business construction contractors, SBA and federal procurement officers.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business
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.
Richard Chin | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
The magnitude of eradicating malaria can seem daunting, but there are important short-term and long-term efforts that anyone can support on World Malaria Day and every day.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business
Legislation and policies that would reduce the volume of federal contracts obtained by legitimate small businesses could be even more devastating to our national economy.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business
The American Small Business League is concerned the Obama stimulus bill may ultimately include the loophole venture capitalists have been lobbying for.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business
Just days before the election, Obama dropped a comprehensive plan to stimulate the middle class economy by stopping the diversion of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business
Obama has ignored pleas from small business groups to adopt legislation and policies to stop Fortune 500 firms from commandeering up to $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business
There appears to be a significant disconnect between President-elect Obama's campaign promises to American small businesses and the actual policies he is proposing.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business
Petaluma, Calif. - President-elect Barack Obama has dropped a campaign promise to end Bush Administration policies that have allowed Fortune 500 firms...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business
The following article is a commentary from Congressman Michael P. Forbes ( 1995-2001), which ran in the Austin American Statesman on December 1, 2008....
Ray Kimball | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business
The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.
Chris Gunn | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business
The American Small Business League dropped the following press release this morning. In it the league points to the Small Business Administration's e...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business
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...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business
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...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business
A new Bush Administration policy will make it easier for large businesses to land government small business contracts by misrepresenting themselves as...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business
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...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business
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.
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business
The American Small Business League (ASBL) has uncovered an extensive campaign by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to impugn the organization's ...
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business
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Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
The Bush administration is gearing up to take one last shot at dismantling federal programs designed to assist middle class firms.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business