On August 13, 2009, Advocacy submitted a comment on possible revisions to the 2008 final rule regarding Environmental Protection Agency’s Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW).
August 13, 2009 Letter
Fact Sheet
A new working paper, Startup Business Characteristics and Dynamics: A Data Analysis of the Kauffman Firm Survey, from Advocacy contributes to the understanding of American business startups and their dynamics. The report is sample data analysis based on the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS).
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Research Summary
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell an annualized 1 percent in the second quarter of 2009, significantly less than the previous quarter's 6.4 percent drop. These and other economic trends are discussed in the latest update to the Quarterly Indicators: The Economy and Small Business.
Quarterly Indicators
The Office of Advocacy has posted additional economic research opportunity in the broadband area on FedBizOpps.
Broadband Research Opportunities
The Census Bureau has released 2005-2006 updates to the Statistics of U.S. Businesses, produced with partial funding from Advocacy. The newly added data include business openings/closings and job creation/destruction by industry and geographic location. One new component of this release is establishment births and closures by county.
Firm Size Data
Sixteen percent of high-impact, high-tech firms have at least one immigrant founder, according to a study, High-tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States, released by Advocacy.
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Despite more recent numbers showing improvement in the U.S. economy, the economic picture for small firms at the end of 2008 offered few bright spots, according to the 2009 edition of The Small Business Economy released by Advocacy.
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