Small & Minority Business Contracting - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/16041.xml Efforts by a Coalition of Small and Minority Businesses including Women and Veterans to Reform Government Contracting Regulations Affecting 10+ Million Businesses. - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Abusive Procurement Practice Perpetuates Crisis in Small Business Contracting http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1113164.htm Cases Describing Abuse to be Investigated by IG and POGO. Four OFPP Directives Have Failed to Stop an Endemic Practice.Small Busiinesses Denied Opportunities to Level the Playing Field (PRWeb Sep 2, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1113164.htm SBA Calls Federal 'Exemptions' Illegal - $640 Billion in Contracts Diverted from Small Businesses http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb553578.htm SBA Legal Opinion Inspires Small Business Crusader to File Petitions to Rescind RegulationsHe Calls on the Bush Administration to Prohibit Biased Rules and Practices (PRWeb Sep 14, 2007)

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]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb553578.htm Rev. Jesse Jackson's Race References to Procurement Set-Asides Refuted by the Group Which Represents Them http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb538297.htm Procurement Set-Asides are legislative attempts to bring fairness to a system with a history of preferences for large businesses. * The 1978 Bakke and the 2007 Racial Quotas Supreme Court Decisions involving Schools Have Nothing to do with Procurement Set-Aside and their Purpose (PRWeb Jul 10, 2007)

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]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb538297.htm Coalition of Small and Minority Businesses Claims the Government Unfairly Excludes Their Access to $64 Billion in Federal Contracts Through Outdated and Unlawful Regulations http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb525536.htm Demands for Congress to eliminate the FAR 'Set-Aside Exemptions' Impact of New Legilslation (H.R. 1873) increasing set-aside ceiling to 30 % means nothing unless exemptions are Lifted. Two GAO protests filed to invalidate 'Exemptions.' Support from the legal community sought. (PRWeb May 14, 2007)

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]]> Mon, 14 May 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb525536.htm Small, Minority and Women-Owned Business Advocates Demand Contracting Reform; Unfair Government Regulations Has Limited Their Access For More Than A Decade to More than $20 Billion a Year in Government Contracts http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb510449.htm The Fairness in Set-Aside Procurement Coalition (FSAPC) To Advance the Procurement Priorities of All Small, Women and Minority-Owned Business Trade Groups.Coalition Now Represents the Government Contracting Interests of More than 10 Million Businesses Accessing in Excess of $75 Billion in Federal ContractsEfforts To Include Making 'Foreign' & 'Federal Supply Schedule' Buys Subject to the 'Set-Aside' Provisions of the Small Business Act Which is What Congress Intended.FSAPC to Ask for Senate Procurement Reform Bills S.680 and S.606 to Address their Concerns (PRWeb Mar 9, 2007)

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]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb510449.htm Government Contracting Abuse in Florida Confirmed by Miami Herald; Officials Challenged; Among the Solutions is CARB, a Dispute Resolution (DR) Instrument to Settle Contracting Disputes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb328640.htm A New Dispute Resolution (DR) instrument called CARB surfaces as a potential solution to solve documented contracting abuse cases. The Governor and the Congressional Delegation challenged into taking action to protect 90 percent of the businesses in the State. (PRWeb Jan 25, 2006)

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]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/01/prweb328640.htm OHA and SBA Take Sides With Small Business Crusader In His Fight To End Government Contracting Abuse http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb302024.htm Government's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Finds Air Force Abusing Small Businesses and Misleading SBA. SBA rules against The Corps Group, Inc. and Precor, Inc., for unlawful affiliation to pursue set-aside contracts. Advocacy Groups form Coalition to bring attention to the issue and to demand compliance with government regulations. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2005)

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