Small Businesses Received $98 Billion In 2010

Small businesses received almost $98 billion in government contracts in 2010, but agencies still missed the government-wide goal for the fifth year running. The Small Business Administration releases its annual report.

It finds agencies awarded 22.7 percent of their contracts to small firms, falling just shy of the 23 percent goal.

But, SBA says the percentage was the largest increase in five years. Along with releasing the small business contracting totals for 2010, SBA also issued the agency report cards.