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The comment period was scheduled to end on February 1, and was later
extended through April 3.

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Nigel Brush, a geologist and author of "The Limitations of Scientific
Truth," talks about the need for science to have a little humility when it
comes to looking for absolute truths. Of that total, ASBL has
received copies of more than 5,000 comments, or over 80 percent of the
total, expressing opposition to the proposal.

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studies have shown that most of that money goes to big business,
through a combination of fraud and misrepresentation, misguided SBA
policies, and the SBA's unwillingness to carry out the law., BAE Systems, Northrop Grumann
Corp.

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it caters to the interests of the Pentagon and large multinational
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March's Web exclusives include:

-- Mar. Yet the SBA announced on July 1 that most
responders were against changing the standards, and that therefore it
was suspending the process.
In addition, the SBA has previously misrepresented comments from
ASBL supporters as being unverifiable.

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Long-established Federal law mandates that 23 percent of
government contracts go to small businesses, or a current annual total
of about $87 billion. "The SBA proposal would artificially inflate the
government's small business contracting statistics and allow large
businesses to continue to receive billions of dollars a year in
contracts meant for small businesses.

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comments received by the SBA were directed at other aspects of its
86-page proposal. The
support ASBL received came from Chambers of Commerce, small business
groups, and concerned small businesses across the country .

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In the United States today, 98 percent of all firms have fewer
than 100 employees."

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The ASBL is a national organization focused on promoting the
interests of the 23 million American companies with fewer than 100
employees.

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More than 95 percent of the comments on the grandfathering proposal
contain the name, address and telephone number of the writer.

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Silberstein break down the concept of emergence and its potential for
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Marisa Connolly, marketing director, at mconnolly@stnews. Early
this year, a Center for Public Integrity study found that the Defense
Department alone had awarded $47 billion in small business contracts
to some of the nation's largest suppliers.

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Small Business Administration Comment Period Ends With Overwhelming Opposition to Size Standard ``Grandfathering''

S. "The SBA should be carrying out its mission and working
for the small businesses that are vital to America's economy.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INDIA

Biotechnology thrives in the growing world power of India, but the
traditional Hindu mindset still dominates bioethics. In 1986, the SBA changed the
definition allowed up to 500 employees .

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"
In December, the SBA's Office of Advocacy released a report saying
that small business contracts had gone to a Who's Who of giant
businesses, including Raytheon Co. Despite the overwhelming public
support it received for this rule change, the SBA withdrew the
proposal on July 1 and misrepresented the results.

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In-Depth package on ecology and religion, and a list of Earth-friendly
books.org. To receive four free issues , visit
https://www.stnews., Buhrmann NV, and many more. In fact, each comment was
written by a small business owner and submitted by them through ASBL's
website, which saved one copy and sent another directly to the SBA.

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, Hewlett-Packard Co.
"Because the SBA misrepresented the previous comment period, ASBL
is speaking out today to ensure that the public learns the truth,"
Chapman said.

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sunbeltfs.asp?eid=E10605. As of March 31, with two business days remaining in
the comment period, the SBA said it had received approximately 6,000
comments on the grandfathering proposal.
"Businesses like mine should be able to win federal government
small business contracts, but instead they're being awarded to large
multi-national corporations," said Craig Carnahan, vice president of
Cybergear , Inc. Until 1986, the SBA defined a small business as
one with fewer than 100 employees. Among our successes, we forced the SBA to remove 600 large
corporations from the SBA's database of small businesses; we provoked
a GAO investigation confirming that a majority of small business
contracts are going to large companies; we prompted a congressional
hearing into abuse in small business contracting; we pushed the
government to begin requiring annual recertification for suppliers; we
helped eliminate a federal policy that allowed large businesses to buy
small businesses and keep that small business status for up to 20
years; we succeeded in reducing the SBA's Information Technology
Value-Added Reseller size standard from 500 to 150 employees; we
prompted the SBA to propose redefining a small business as one with
100 employees or fewer; and we drove the SBA to change procedures
allowing businesses to file protests against large companies falsely
claiming to be small businesses.

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ASBL Calls for Full Disclosure by SBA After Previous
Misrepresentation; Tens of Billions in Government Spending at Stake

The Small Business Administration has received over 5,000 comments
from small businesses and small business groups across the country
opposing an SBA proposal that would allow huge multinational
corporations to continue receiving billions of dollars in federal
government small business contracts., Carlyle Group, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Booz Allen
Hamilton Inc.
In December 2004, the SBA released a "grandfathering proposal"
that would allow big corporations to keep their existing small
business contracts even if size standards are reduced in the future.com

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Chhavi Sachdev reports
from India on how a country with 16 official languages and five official
religions can possibly find a consensus.

The SBA "grandfathering" proposal would allow corporate giants in
the U.
"This grandfathering proposal is the latest in a series of SBA
maneuvers to serve big-business interests at the expense of small
businesses," said Lloyd Chapman, President of the American Small
Business League. The SBA is directly responsible for the staggering level
of fraud and abuse that is being found at every level of small
business contracting programs.

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SBA Misrepresented Results of Previous Comment Period

Under strong public pressure from the ASBL and other voices in the
small business community, the SBA in March 2004 proposed a series of
rule changes, including one that would reduce the small business size
standard back to 100 employees.

No matter what the religion, there's always someone with something to say against it.

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international readers. in Gilbert, Arizona . "My wife and I employ seven
hard-working people, and the federal government repeatedly looks the
other way as businesses with thousands of employees illegally steal
contracts away from us.

Here is where you will find those people, and what they have to say.

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Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show
that more than 2,500 comments received by the SBA were in favor of
lowering the size standard for a small business to 100 employees, and
fewer than 30 were opposed. For more information, please go to
www.

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You can sign up for this and our other e-newsletters at STNews .org. and Europe to keep their small business contracts for up to
five more years. On Thursday, the SBA said it would accept
comments through April 4.