In "The Case: SBA Failure to Protect 8a Contractor Combating Fraud" Joseph N. Cooper discusses the serious problem of federal government contracts designated for small and women or minority-owned businesses being fraudulently given away to large, multi-million dollar firms. It is based on the story of the author's business, J. Cooper & Associates, a small business that participated in the U.S. Small Business Administration 8(a) program. His business had acquired an $8-million contract with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service only to see it evaporate when a federal contracting...
In "The Case: SBA Failure to Protect 8a Contractor Combating Fraud" Joseph N. Cooper discusses the serious problem of federal government contracts des...