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NEW – Contract Surety Fundamentals. NASBP announces its second online training program. In 2011 Commercial Surety Fundamentals – online was released. CLICK HERE to view details about these courses.

NASBP Commercial Surety Committee unveils a resource kit: How Surety Bonds Protect Taxpayer Dollars
. The items included have been developed to help the surety professional provide the information, education, and examples to use to explain the function and necessity of bonding to local, municipal, city or state employees, elected officials, and any other person responsible for spending taxpayer dollars on behalf of the public for goods or services.  Click here to view and download the kit.

Onto the Senate: US House of Representatives Passes HR 3534
On March 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 3534, the Security in Bonding Act of 2012, which will ensure that the assets pledged by individuals acting as sureties on federal contracts are real, sufficient, readily convertible to cash, and in the custody and control of the federal government. HR 3534 was introduced by Rep. Richard Hanna (NY), who NASBP briefed on problems arising from individual surety bonds pledged with insufficient assets.



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Advocacy

NASBP Federal Issues at a Glance: Talking Points for Capitol Hill Visits
This handy one page document, created for the June 26 NASBP Legislative Fly-in, provides concise message points of the key issues NASBP members need to address when they visit their members of Congress.
 

Joint Issue Brief Prepared by NASBP and SFAA on Title 41
NASBP advocates for a legislative change to Title 41 which provides for an adjustment every five years to the Federal Miller Act.

NASBP Video

NASBP testified before a U.S. Congressional hearing of the House Small Business Committee February 9 on the SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program, the Security in Bonding Act of 2012, among other issues.

Click above to view NASBP CEO Mark McCallum’s opening testimony.

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