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Article: SBA Refuses to Disclose Identity of Firms that Received $119 Billion in Federal Small Business Contracts, Says American Small Business League.
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- March 14, 2006
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PETALUMA, Calif., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In its annual report to the President, The Small Business Economy, the SBA's Office of Advocacy reported that small businesses were awarded an estimated $119.2 billion in Federal prime and subcontracts during fiscal year 2004.
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request by the American Small Business League, the SBA claimed that they do not have the names of firms they reported as small businesses in 2004.
ASBL President, Lloyd Chapman, believes the SBA is attempting to withhold information that will prove the SBA has dramatically overstated small business procurement figures by reporting billions in ...