80 economic development programs in four agencies; why?

By Laurel Adams

GAO: economic development duplication still rampant among four agencies spending $6.2 billion

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"… partments of Commerce, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and the Small Business Administration were criticized for duplication in the Government Accountability Office’ …"

Fraud, abuse found in NASA research funding to small companies

By Peter Tartaglione

A NASA program to encourage small companies to develop new technology has accepted questionable research from some contractors and given oth

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"… s. About $133 million went to NASA’s SBIR in 2009, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.Problems with NASA’s SBIR program have been repeatedly criticized in rec …"

SBA emergency assistance failed for Katrina

By The Center for Public Integrity

Within four months of Hurricane Katrina, the Small Business Administration had a backlog of more than 204,000 requests for assistance

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"… r loan applications.” …"

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The big business of small business

By Elizabeth Brown

Top defense contracting companies reap the benefits meant for small businesses

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"… tract dollars are supposed to be awarded to small businesses annually. The Small Business Administration reported that the Defense Department exceeded that goal by 2.4 percent in …"

"… Engineered Support Systems acquired the company in 2002.'Get it right'The Small Business Administration recently made changes to its regulations, set to go into effect December 2 …"

"… s or be acquired by a larger company.Tiefer said he was cautious about the Small Business Administration's introduction of certification regulations."[The regulation] sounds like …"

Fraud, abuse found in NASA research funding to small companies

By Peter Tartaglione

Eighty-five percent of NASA budget goes to contracts, awards, inspector general says

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"… s. About $133 million went to NASA’s SBIR in 2009, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.Problems with NASA’s SBIR program have been repeatedly criticized in rec …"

The Bush 100

By Derrick Wetherell

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2002 — The average net worth of the individual members of the Bush cabinet, including the President and Vice Preside

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"… from all matters related to the case, which is ongoing as of this writing.Small Business Administration administrator Hector Barreto, meanwhile, retained his holdings in Dell Com …"

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ANALYSIS: How our health care system cripples small business

By Wendell Potter

Small business innovation is being stifled by a health care system that send our 'best and brightest' to large corporations

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"… t tied to employment — but they have also moved ahead of the U.S. in the Small Business Administration’s ranking of entrepreneurial performance worldwide.Contrast that with ou …"

Close connections

By Anupama Narayanswamy

EPA pays at least three firms to clean up pollution they may have helped create

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"… ontracts.But Earth Tech now employs at least 8,000 workers, far beyond the Small Business Administration's 500-employee limit for these kinds of environmental remediation contract …"

The FCC's strange non-profit

FCC Chairman Michael Powell runs venture capital firm that claims it's private

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"… a representative each from the FCC, the Department of the Treasury and the Small Business Administration, as well as four members from the private sector.The Treasury Department s …"

"… claims it is a completely private corporation, officials from the FCC, the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department have sat on its board of directors. Federal st …"

"… hat is more than double the $115,700 she was making when she left the U.S. Small Business Administration to become CEO of the fund in 1998.Put another way, Lew's 2001 salary was 5 …"

"… e scandalPrior to joining TDF, Lew was Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Small Business Administration, where she provided day-to-day management and oversight of the agency's $4 …"

Outsourcing the Pentagon

By Larry Makinson

Who benefits from the politics and economics of national security?

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"… s of a company's small business status should be required.In December, the Small Business Administration is scheduled to adopt a new regulation that will require all small busines …"

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