Lloyd Chapman - 2006 Accomplishments

2006 Accomplishments

Chapman won three federal lawsuits under freedom of information legislation during 2006 that provided evidence of fraud and abuse in federal small business contracting:

• The first lawsuit forced the SBA to release documentation that showed the agency had ignored protests that were filed by small businesses against large corporations.
• The second forced the SBA to release the name of the firm that the SBA Inspector General had recommended be debarred from government contracting for federal small business contracting fraud.
• The third forced NASA to release information that showed the agency has been reporting awards to Fortune 500 corporations as federal small business awards.

In addition to his legal victories, Chapman also:

1. Provided information that led to a Fortune 1000 firm paying a $1 million fine this year for falsely claiming to be a small business. It is estimated that the company received about $36 million in federal small business contracts illegally.

1. Organized a successful grass roots effort in April 2006 to fight unfair policies in federal small business contracting. ASBL members sent over 700 comments to the General Services Administration to protest new policies that would create bigger loopholes in small business procurement programs.

1. Exposed the government's continuing efforts to hide small business contracting information, which prevents watchdog groups and the media from having access to the truth.

1. Campaigned successfully with a number of Congressional candidates to bring new blood into the government and get rid of lawmakers who have done nothing to stop fraud and abuse in small business contracting.

1. Called attention to the fact that the SBA has failed to implement the women's procurement program for over five years, resulting in a loss of billions of dollars in contracting opportunities for women-owned firms.

1. Engaged former SBA Administrator Hector Barreto in debate on BusinessWeek.com over the validity of the SBA's reporting of small business contracting figures. Barreto later resigned from his post under controversy.

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1. Exposed Republican efforts to close the SBA and end all federal programs for small, women-owned, minority-owned, and disabled veteran-owned firms.

1. Called attention to the fact that the government has failed to penalize any firm that has misrepresented its size status in order to obtain federal small business contracts.

1. Joined the SBA Inspector General in advocating for annual small business size certification to prevent fraud and abuse in small business procurement programs. Current SBA policy allows firms to maintain their size status for up to 20 years.

1. Spearheaded an ongoing media campaign which resulted in over 200 articles in print and online publications as well as radio and television stories that reported on federal small business contracting issues.