The Small Business Watchdog

            This week’s speaker at the National Economists’ Club luncheon, Stephen Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University, gave an “Update on the Downturn,” and spoke about projections for improvement in the economy both nationally and regionally. 
The good news is that some of the actual numbers, although still negative—are turning [...]

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            Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community.  For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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The Office of Advocacy’s mission includes providing research documenting the status of small businesses and the impact of important trends on them.  Areas of continuing interest are listed below.  In addition to increasing knowledge about small business in general, these areas are noteworthy because they may provide policymaking insight or serve as a foundation for [...]

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            Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community.  For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
 Tuesday, July 21, 2009
 TBD        Hearing
House Financial [...]

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            Many of Advocacy’s studies over its history have focused on how small businesses, as well as entrepreneurs of all demographic groups, contribute to job creation and economic growth through innovative technologies (see, for example, the study released this week on High-tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States.
            At a recent National Economists Club meeting, [...]

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            Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community.  For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
Monday, July 13, 2009
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            Advocacy’s r3 initiative gained ground with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council “Payments Under Fixed-Price Architecture and Engineering Contracts” (A&E) proposed rule.
 
            Cureently, FAR 52.232-10 mandates that contracting officers withhold 10 percent of the amounts due on each voucher.  The government retains the withhold amount until the contracting officer determines that the work has [...]

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            Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community.  For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.

 
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
 
5:00 pm    [...]

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