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Since Ronald Reagan's administration, Lloyd Chapman
has been active in the fight for small businesses. Here is a look
at a few of the highlights of his efforts. |
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1985 |
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Lloyd's efforts were publicized when the Reagan administration
changed the small business size standards from 100 to 500 employees |
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1991 |
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Filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
that triggered a Congressional investigation into the F-22 Stealth
fighter
that forced the Air Force and Lockheed Martin to allocate an additional
$501 million to small and minority-owned firms. |
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1994 |
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Filed a lawsuit against Defense Logistics Agency
(DLA) over large companies' small business subcontracting goals (view
document) |
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President Clinton issues Executive Order 12928 promoting
improved SDB contracting as a direct result of the DLA lawsuit (download
PDF of Presidential Document) |
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1995 |
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President Clinton issues Executive Orders 12958
and 12968 changing FOIA restrictions and making it easier to get
information. (download PDF of Presidential Document for EO
12958 and EO
12968) |
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2002 |
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information provided by Lloyd prompted a Government
Accountability Office(GAO) investigation confirming that, in
direct conflict with the Small Business Act of 1953, a significant
number of small business contracts were being awarded to some of
the world’s largest corporations. (LA
Times article covering the opening of the investigation) |
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2003 |
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Lloyd testified before Congress during the GAO investigation
(download transcript
from GAO investigation or review
report of hearing) |
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The Associated Press (AP) ran a nationwide story
on Lloyd's GAO testimony (review
CBS News article) |
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Lloyd succeeded in calling for the removal of 600
large irms from the SBA's Pro-Net Database
(now CCR). (review Inc
Magazine coverage, download
a PDF
report from the Committe of Small Business, or download a
ZIP file of ASBL's complete folder of documentation.) |
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2004 |
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Fought the SBA rule change to increase the size
standard for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
code for the IT industry. Lloyd succeeded and they kept the classification
for small business at 150 employees or fewer. (read Computer
Reseller News coverage, or a report
of the proceedings.) |
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2005 |
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Lloyd took an active role with the GAO in the investigation
of the US Department of Energy (DOE), finding that they had falsified
small business contracting data. (read Entrepreneur
magazine coverage,
or All
Business coverage) |
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Provided information to the SBA Inspector General
which prompted the release of reports 5-15 and 5-16. The SBA Inspector
general admitted in 5-15 admitted that "One of the most important
challenges facing the
[SBA]...
is that large businesses are receiving small business procurement
awards and agencies are receiving credit for these awards" |
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Sued the SBA forcing the release of information
on all firms whose contract protests had been denied (Pioneering
Solutions coverage, Dollars
and Sense Coverage) |
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2006 |
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Lloyd mounted a nationwide campaign against the
grandfathering / 5-year recertification loophole which allowed
large firms 5
years after aquiring a small company before losing the acquired firm's
small business status. (Download a PDF
report from the Set Aside Alert, listen to a radio
interview,
review Computer
Reseller News coverage, download a PDF
of Washington Technology's coverage, or read
Eagle Eye Inc's report) |
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Worked with (and later filed suit against) the SBA
Inspector General to release information on Insight Public Sector
falsely claming to be a small business. They were eventually fined
$1 million thanks largely to Lloyd's involvement. (read Government
Executive's news story, or Minority
and Women In Business coverage.) |
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After a failed attempt to work in partnership with
the SBA, filed
suit against the SBA Inspector General to release information on
GTSI's
receipt
of
small
business
contracts,
which resulted in the firm with 850 employees being debarred from
federal contracting. (Computer Reseller News coverage was extensive:
Article
One, Article
Two, and Article
Three.) |
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Lloyd publicized the fact that the Bush
Administration was cutting the SBA budget. (Dollars
and Sense news coverage, Business
Week's coverage) |
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Filed suit and won against NASA to obtain the names
of firms awarded small business contracts by NASA. (Space
Ref coverage) |
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2007 |
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Fought the SBA for the release of the Eagle Eye
Report documenting that large firms continue to receive small business
contracts. The report is a bit of a legend, and there are stories
claiming the report did not actually claim that fact, but Lloyd
proved that it did. (read Entrepreneur
magazine coverage, All
Business Coverage,
and the Fairness
in Procurement Alliance (FPA)'s concise report which includes
many reference links to pertinent data)
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2008 |
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Won a lawsuit against the SBA in Federal Court which
forced the release of Contracting Data for the 2005 and 2006 fiscal
years. (this story was covered nation wide by dozens of news outlets.
Read
Reuter's
coverage) |
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Prompted the release of a Department of Interior
(DOI) report which unequivocally concluded the SBA "consistently"
failed to verify business size. (All
Business news story) |
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2009 |
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Lloyd partnered with Congressman Hank Johnson to
write the legislative bill, The Fairness and Transparency in Contracting
Act, which passed and is now known as H.R. 2568. (Congressman
Johnson's statement, Money
Magazine / CNN coverage.) |
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Sued for the release of SBA's head spokesman, Communications
Director, Mike Stamler's phone records. This
is currently on appeal to the 9th circuit
court (read Hispanic
Business coverage, and Legal Radar's coverage: First Article, Subsequent
Article) |
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Lloyd Chapman's Track Record For Small Business