Small Business Administration

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U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Challenged to Put Up or Shut Up on Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Youtube, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Legislation, Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

I have talked to hundreds of Hispanic business owners and Hispanic chambers of commerce across the country that want nothing to do with the USHCC.

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The Government Hates Small Business

Nelson Davis | Posted 06.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Owners, Government, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Entrepreneur, Business News

Despite the nice words and flowery press releases extolling the virtues and value of small business owners, I don't see the true love and understanding that the small business community deserves.

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IT'S TIME TO END THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S MASQUERADE AS SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATES

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Youtube, Fortune 500, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Legislation, Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business News

A recent post on the U.S Chamber of Commerce website titled, "Business United or Business Divided - What's at Stake?" is one of the best examples you ...

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Local Real Estate Opportunities Open up Through Green Financing

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 06.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Sustainability, Sba, Small Business Administration, Green Loans, Small Business, Business, Local Business, Business News

The Small Business Admistration has amended its existing 504 loan program, which was originally created to encourage small- to medium-sized business o...

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ONE QUESTON FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD BOOST OUR NATION'S ECONOMY

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Americans, Abuse, America, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Office of Inspector General, Fraud, Small Business Act, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Business News

Seven years ago this summer, I began working with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on what turned out to be the first federal investigation ...

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Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson Takes a Stand for American Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

America's 27 million small businesses have a new hero and his name is Hank Johnson. Last Friday, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced ...

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Obama Moves Closer to Policies to Divert Small Business Contracts to Venture Capitalist Contributors

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Winslow Sargeant, Fortune 500, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Abuse, Asbl, American Small Business League, Lloyd Chapman, Sbir, Venture Capital, Loopholes, Karen Mills, Tootsie Roll, Frau, Business News

President Barack Obama has moved one step closer to adopting federal policies and legislation that will divert billions of dollars in federal small bu...

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Obama Releases Top Secret CIA Memos But Not SBA Executive's Libelous E-mails

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, Abc, Small Business, Abuse, Wal-Mart, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Cbs, Business, Loopholes, Home Depot, Rolls-Royce, Fraud, Myth, Cnn, Cia, Small Business Administration, Memos, Xerox, Top-Secret, John Deere, American Small Business League, Fox, Bae, Dell Computer, Business News

President Barack Obama has recently released top-secret CIA memos detailing torture techniques and directives. At the same time those extremely sensit...

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The Faux MB Environmental Scandal That Wasn't

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Endangerment-Finding, Epa, Jake Tapper, John Barrasso, Shawne Mcgibbon, Peter Orszag, Omb, Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Mercatus Center, Koch Industries, Media Criticism, ABC News, Ap, Global Warming, Green News

Rather than being some shadowy "White House document" objecting to those overzealous greens at the EPA, it could have been written by almost anyone within the vast federal bureaucracy.

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Federal Contracting Scandal Celebrates Sixth Anniversary with No Help from Obama

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

On May 7th, 2003, I testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business regarding the diversion of federal small business contracts to...

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Dear President Obama, You Lied to Me

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

I endorsed you during the primary; you even put my endorsement on the front page of your campaign website. I donated thousands of dollars to your camp...

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Obama's First 100 Days Disappoints Women, Minorities and Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Loopholes, Minority Owned Firms, Barack Obama, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Fortune 1000, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Us Government, Report-5-15, American Small Business League, Business News

President Obama's first 100 days in office have failed to live up to his campaign promises, and the expectations of millions of women, minorities and ...

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Federal Judge Directs SBA to Pay Legal Fees to American Small Business League

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Legal Victory, Small Business, Billions, Mike Stamler, Small Business Administration, Economy, Middle Class, Foia, Eric Benderson, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, American Small Business League, Federal District Court, Business News

On Wednesday, United States District Judge Marilyn H. Patel issued an order directing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to pay the American Smal...

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Obama Ignores Simple Solution to Stimulate Economy

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

President Barack Obama is a smart man, and he has no doubt surrounded himself with a multitude of well-educated and extremely intelligent individuals....

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New SBA Administrator Should Remove Executives that Covered up Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Inspector General, Lack of Oversight, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Abuse, Karen Gordon Mills, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Loopholes, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, Karen Mills, Business News

During the Bush Administration over 15 federal investigations and two private studies have found fraud, and widespread blatant abuses in a variety of ...

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A Crystal Ball Look at New SBA Administrator Karen Mills' First Month

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Abuse, Economy, Obama Administration, Nvca, Loopholes, National Venture Capital Association, Office of Inspector General, Karen Mills, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Barack Obama, Sba Oig, Sba, Report-5-15, American Small Business League, Politics News

New Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Karen Mills' first weeks in office will be easily predictable. My guess is that Mil...

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SBA Denies Loss in Federal Court Case

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Law, Federal Court, Small Business Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Small Business, American Small Business League, Home News

Head of litigation for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Eric Benderson, denied the SBA actually lost a federal court case filed by the American...

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8 Hard Truths About Stimulating Small Business

Tim Berry | Posted 03.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Small Business Stimulus, American Small Business, Small Business Employment, Grants for Small Businesses, Stimulus Package for Small Business Loans, What Is a Good Credit Score?, Small Business Bailout Plan, Business News

There are something like 25 million small businesses and 20 million of them have no employees. How does the government help them?

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Wealth Without Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Wall Street Bailout, Main Street and Wall Street, Cnbc, Too Big to Fail, Enron, Main Street, Don McNay, Insurance Companies, Cirtigroup, Small Business Administration, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Charlie Gasparino, Citigroup Bailout, Deregulation, Banks, Kentucky, CEO Compensation, Entrepreneurship, Bonuses, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Bonuses, Personal Finance, Soviet Union, Citigroup, Oregon, Business News

There has been a long and irreversible trend toward small, entrepreneurial businesses, located far from money centers. Instead, Washington keeps throwing money at these "too big to fail" money losers.

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Is President Obama Really Listening? Small Business Inc. Wants to Know

George Cloutier | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Recession, Economy, Business News

$25 billion in loans to the Small Business Administration could mean more than 2 million jobs, immediately. This is not some small interest group. This is the backbone of our economy.

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Bush May have Cheated Small Businesses Out of a Trillion Dollars in Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Economy, Small Business Administration, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, George Bush, President Bush, Business News

There is no way to know exactly how many billions of dollars George W. Bush cheated American small businesses out of during his eight years in office....

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Lloyd Chapman: ASBL Predicts Obama Will Favor Venture Capitalists Over Small Businesses

Chris Gunn | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Lloyd Chapman, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, American Small Business League, Video, Business News

Today, The American Small Business League released the following video via YouTube regarding the ASBL's prediction that with the help of senior democr...

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What's Happening at the SBA? Small Businesses Don't Know

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Owners, Small Business Administration, Small Business, SBTV.Com, Olympia Snowe, Entrepreneurship, Business, Entrepreneur, Barack Obama, Obama Small Business, Business News

The Small Business Administration was founded to strengthen the overall economy by helping small businesses start and grow. Does the SBA actually do what it's supposed to do?

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Obama Appoints Venture Capital Executive to Head Small Business Administration

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Sba, Asbl, Nvca, MAPLight.Org, Venture Capital, National Venture Capital Association, Karen Mills, Barack Obama, Business News

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Karen Gordon Mills as Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Mills is president of...

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Obama Labor Secretary, Transportation Secretary Announcements

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Secretary of Transportation, Ray Lahood, Secretary of Labor, Barack Obama, Karen Mills, John Brennan, Oregon, Business News

CHICAGO — Completing his Cabinet a month before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, tr...

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