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Lawmakers Demand Crackdown on U.S. Program Enriching Wealthy
Feb 22, 2012 -
Lawmakers Demand Crackdown on U.S. Program Enriching Wealthy By Danielle Ivory, Elliot Blair Smith and Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg Government February 22, 2012 Two top lawmakers on small business matters renewed calls for tougher enforcement of the rules in a program that steers government contracts to...
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Graves & West Introduce Legislation To Protect Small Business Contractors
Feb 17, 2012 -
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rep. Allen West (R-FL) today introduced legislation that will help protect small business contractors by addressing unfair contract bundling. The Contractor Opportunity Protection Act (COP) of 2012 restricts the practice of unjustified co...
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Committee Members Introduce Additional Legislation To Reform Small Business Contracting
Feb 8, 2012 -
Committee Members Introduce Additional Legislation To Reform Small Business Contracting WASHINGTON—House Small Business Committee Members today introduced three bipartisan pieces of legislation as part of the Committee’s contracting reform initiative. Small businesses have proven that they can perfo...
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House lawmakers push for additional small business contracting reforms
Feb 8, 2012 -
House Lawmakers Push for Additional Small Business Contracting Reforms By J.D. Harrison February 8, 2012 One week after proposing legislation to raise small firms’ allotment of federal spending, House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a trio of bipartisan bills intended to further reform small busi...
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Mulvaney Introduces Legislation To Protect Small Business Contractors
Feb 2, 2012 -
House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce Chairman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) today introduced legislation that will help protect small business contractors and bring more transparency and accountability to federal procurement. The Subcontracting Transparency And Reliability (STAR) Ac...
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Bonuses to Be Cut at Agencies Failing Small Business Under Bill
Jan 31, 2012 -
Bonuses to Be Cut at Agencies Failing Small Business Under Bill By Nick Taborek, Bloomberg Government Thousands of federal government executives risk losing their bonuses under a bill that would establish the first penalties for agencies failing to meet small-business contracting goals. U.S. Represe...
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Chairman Graves Introduces Small Business Legislation, Takes Action to Reform Small Business Contracting Policy
Jan 31, 2012 -
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today introduced legislation that will help create jobs by providing more contracting opportunities for small firms and reforming small business federal contracting policy. The GET Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 will increase the fede...
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Chairman Graves in Politico: What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech
Jan 23, 2012 -
What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech By Chairman Sam Graves January 23, 2012 What do small-business owners want from the government? The short answer: Move out of the way. Eight out of 10 small-business owners say they want the government to stay out of the way inste...
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Washington Post: Small Business Committees, Advocates Hesitant to Back Obama’s Restructuring Proposal
Jan 13, 2012 -
Small Business Committees, Advocates Hesitant to Back Obama’s Restructuring Proposal By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Lawmakers and small business advocacy groups today applauded the President Obama’s decision to add a cabinet seat for the head of the Small Business Administration, but many were h...
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Graves Discusses Questionable Government Contract on CNN’s AC360
Dec 9, 2011 -
Graves: "You certainly can't ignore the political connections between the company and the administration.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) participated in a special report by CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on a suspicious $433-million government con...
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