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Article: Government Small Business Contracts Went to Fortune 500 Companies, According to Latest Federal Investigation
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- U.S. Newswire
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- July 9, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Christopher Gunn, Communications Director, American
Small Business League, +1-707-789-9575, cgunn@asbl.com
PETALUMA, Calif.,July 9/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --On July 1st,
2008, the Department of Interior (DOI) became the latest federal
agency to issue a report that found Fortune 500 firms were the
actual recipients of federal small business contracts. The report
(http://www.doioig.gov/upload/2008-G-0024.pdf) also found contracts
to Fortune 500 firms were used to falsify the DOIs compliance with
its small business contracting goal and significantly misrepresent
the Bush Administrations compliance with the Congressionally
mandated 23 percent small business ...