November 24, 2011
By BRETT DUNLAP: Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG – A national small business advocate was in Parkersburg, talking about the importance small businesses have on the nation as well as the areas where they do business
Ngozi Bell, Region III advocate with the Federal Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy in Washington, D.C., was in [...]
Entries from November 2011
Bell stresses impact of small businesses
November 30th, 2011 · Comments Off
Tags: State and Regional
Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of November 28
November 28th, 2011 · Comments Off
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.
THIS WEEK
After a weeklong recess, the [...]
Tags: Regulatory Policy
Advocacy Comments on the Department of Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program’s Report on Carcinogens
November 28th, 2011 · Comments Off
On November 22, 2011, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discussing Advocacy’s views on HHS’ National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) Report on Carcinogens (RoC). The comment letter was submitted during a request for public comment on the NTP’s proposed RoC Review process which [...]
Tags: Regulatory Policy
President Obama’s Nominee for Chief Counsel for Advocacy Confirmed by Senate
November 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments
Dr. Winslow L. Sargeant was confirmed as Chief Counsel for Advocacy by the U.S. Senate on Friday, November 18. Dr. Sargeant is the sixth presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy.
Dr. Sargeant has been serving as chief counsel since August of 2010 under a recess appointment. Under his leadership Advocacy has held [...]
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Advocacy RFA Experts Speak at Annual ABA Administrative Law Conference
November 18th, 2011 · Comments Off
On November 17 and 18, Advocacy regulatory attorneys participated in the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Conference held at Georgetown University. Advocacy’s Assistant Chief Counsel Jennifer Smith moderated a panel discussion on the various regulatory reform legislative initiatives pending before Congress. Advocacy’s Assistant Chief Counsel David Rostker served as moderator on a panel regarding the [...]
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Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of November 15
November 14th, 2011 · Comments Off
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.
THIS WEEK
The House and Senate are [...]
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Credit Unions an Increasingly Important Source of Small Business Finance
November 14th, 2011 · Comments Off
New from Advocacy this fall is the contract research report, The Growing Impact of Credit Unions on Small Business Lending, by James Wilcox of the University of California–Berkeley. Wilcox’s research finds that credit unions may have provided some extra business lending in response to reductions by banks, even during the financial crisis.
The author chose to [...]
Tags: Research & Statistics
Obama, SBA and Senate take aim at veteran unemployment
November 10th, 2011 · 5 Comments
WASHINGTON POST – Obama, SBA and Senate take aim at veteran unemployment
By J.D. Harrison
Posted at 04:45 PM ET, 11/08/2011
A day after the president and U.S. lawmakers took steps to help military veterans find work, federal officials presented a plan to help them create their own jobs — and perhaps some for their fellow Americans, too.
On [...]
Tags: Research & Statistics
Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of November 7, 2011
November 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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.
THIS WEEK
The House is on recess [...]
Tags: Regulatory Policy · State and Regional
5 ways to get that federal contract
November 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off
WASHINGTON POST — 5 ways to get that federal contract
The federal government spends more than $500 billion a year in contracts, making it the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. Small businesses throughout the country can and should take advantage of contracting opportunities, which can be a crucial source of revenue to [...]
Tags: Regulatory Policy · Research & Statistics · State and Regional