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Small Business Set-Aside Reform More Likely.
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Kiplinger Business Forecasts
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June 20, 2008
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Byline: Tosin Mfon
Pressure to fix the small business set-aside program is mounting. Half the federal contracts designated for small businesses in 2005 and 2006, about $100 billion a year, went to big firms, including multinational corporations. That's according to documents the Small Business Administration (SBA) handed over to the American Small Business League (ASBL) under court order this month.
Stricter controls are likely next year. Certification procedures have already been adjusted once by the SBA to cut down on abuses, but Congress and small business groups want the agency to do a lot more.
Specifics of widespread abuses of the program were revealed under ...
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M2 Presswire;
November 14, 2002 ;
367 words
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Joint SBA/Staples Newsletter for November Focuses on Getting Federal...
U.S. Newswire;
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302 words
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James Paton, Rocky Mountain News;
693 words
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Vice President Announces Plan to Help Women-Owned Firms Win Federal...
U.S. Newswire;
July 31, 1998 ;
553 words
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The Culvert Chronicles;
March 6, 2008 ;
Anonymous;
302 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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322 words
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Congressional Testimony;
April 16, 2008 ;
787 words
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SBA SEEKING DEFINITION OF A 'SMALL' BUSINESS FIRMS OFFER FEEDBACK ON WHO...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
June 15, 2005 ;
Paton, James;
765 words
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Enforcement of New SBA Rule to Shift Billions in Federal Contracts to...
PR Newswire;
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742 words
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M2 Presswire;
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762 words
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SBA has launched a free online training course, "Business Opportunities: A...
Set-Aside Alert;
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54 words
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SBA Helps Small Business Owners Win Federal Contracts With New Web- based...
U.S. Newswire;
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332 words
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Probe of federal contracts finds frequent 'small business'...
Denver Post (Denver, CO);
June 20, 2005 ;
Svaldi, Aldo;
394 words
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Event to help businesses get federal contracts
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
October 22, 2004 ;
RICK ROMELL;
283 words
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U.S. Small Business Administration launches federal contracts course
Colorado Springs Business Journal;
March 21, 2008 ;
62 words
......has launched Business Opportunities: A Guide to Winning Federal Contracts. The free online course, available at www.sba.gov/training, uses both script and audio to provide information...the government. It is one of 24 tutorials offered by the SBA.
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