Policy Forum Blog
- Skepticism about Obama’s Small Business Lending Plan
- An article in today’s Washington Independent, “Obama’s Small Business Lending
Plan Meets Skepticism,” lays out concerns with the President’s plan to make $30 billion in repaid TARP funds available for
small banks to lend to small businesses.
“There’s little indication
that these banks need the money — or that...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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February 15, 2010
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- SBA Expands Microloan Program
- The Small BusinessAdministration (SBA) has expanded its Microloan program as Recovery Act fundsare making their way into access to capital programs for small businesses. Theincreased funds -- an additional $50 million for loans and $24 million for technical assistance from the the American Recovery and...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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September 01, 2009
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- Documenting the Impact of Broadband on Small Businesses
- The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy islooking for a contractor to conduct a study to evaluate the impact of broadband speed and priceon small businesses. Advocacy offers toprovide assistance in obtaining access to non-proprietary FederalCommunications Commission (FCC) and other agency data, if necessary.The study...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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August 24, 2009
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- Entrepreneurial Development
- PDE staff were on hand earlier this week for a roundtable held by the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Our report of the event--Entrepreneurial Development: Investing in Small Businesses to Strengthen Our Economy--follows:In preparation for the reauthorization of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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June 12, 2009
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- Senate Hearing Addresses Small Business Financing
- PDE staff were on hand earlier this week for a hearing of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Our report of the hearing--Small Busniess Financing: Progress Report on Recovery Act Implementation and Alternative Sources of Financing--follows: In her first appearance before the U.S. Senate...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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May 15, 2009
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- We're from the Government and We're Here to Help
- On a recent appearance on MSNBC, Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee chair Mary Landrieu talked about easing the flow of credit and other efforts in Washington to help small businesses. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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April 10, 2009
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- SBIR Lives to Fight Another Day
- Well, it wasn't a long-term reauthorization that many wanted, but the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was extended recently through July 31, 2009. The Continuing Resolution keeping SBIR afloat expired on March 20 and while the House and Senate differed over the length of...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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March 27, 2009
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- Proposed SBA Budget Focus of Hearing
- PDE staff were on hand yesterday to cover the fairly routine Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2010 for the Small Business Administration. Our report follows:Over the last eight years the agency has seen a 28 percent...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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March 26, 2009
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