The Small Business Watchdog

The Office of Advocacy released a new publication, Toward Effective Education of Innovative Entrepreneurs in Small Business  by Summit Consulting, during a panel at the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at New York University. Participants in the conference included (from left) Matthew Mayhew, assistant professor of higher education, NYU; Jeffrey Simonoff, professor of statistics, [...]

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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.
HEARING AND MARKUP SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September 29, [...]

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Workplace Preparedness: How Small Businesses Can Prepare for H1N1 Influenza
A presentation sponsored by the Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs of the Office of Small Business Assistance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
September 30, 2009, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
U.S. Department of Labor, FPB Auditorium
Panel Discussion Featuring:
Dr. Rosemary Sokas, Director
OSHA Office of Occupational Medicine
Tina Jones, Director
OSHA Office of [...]

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Earlier this year, employers who are retirement plan administrators received relief from the minimum distribution requirements for 2009. The law generally requires an employer’s pension plan to make a distribution to a plan participant the year the participant reaches age 70½.  The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008  waived the required minimum distributions [...]

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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, September 22, 2009
Senate Finance Committee [...]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano joined Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Division Deputy Director Daniel Jernigan to announce a preparedness guide to assist small businesses in planning for the H1N1 flu on September 14.
 “Small businesses play an essential role in our national [...]

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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, September 15. 2009
1:00 pm    Hearing
House [...]

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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.
Wednesday, September 9. 2009
10:00 am  [...]

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