SBA: 2024 National Small Business Week Award Winners Announced
Awardees from All 50 States, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico to be Honored April 28-29 in Washington, D.C. Today, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, announced the National Small Business Week (NSBW) 2024 Award Winners, comprised of business owners, lending partners, and advocates who embody the grit…
Agencies Host 2024 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference
The federal bank regulatory agencies and the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco and Chicago will host the 2024 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Portland, Oregon, March 4 to 7. The biennial conference offers participants the opportunity to learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and to discuss best practices, innovations, and emerging challenges…
Census Bureau: New StatVentures Competition Announced
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Census Open Innovation Labs today announced the launch of Phase 1 of the Address Geolocation Challenge, a new StatVentures competition. Phase 1 rules and requirements are available now on Challenge.gov. Interested applicants can submit applications from March 11 through April 19. The Address Geolocation Challenge invites the public to propose new ways to produce more complete, accurate,…
HUD: Final Four Teams Announced in 2024 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition
Graduate student teams at UC-Berkeley, UMD-College Park, and Harvard University advance in HUD design challenge The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to announce the four finalist student teams that will present their final projects as part of HUD’s eleventh annual Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition (IAH). For the…
ABA: Virginia Teen Named Grand Prize Winner for National “Lights, Camera, Save!” Video Contest
Grant Parsons, an 18-year-old student at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Va., is the national winner of the American Bankers Association Foundation’s Lights, Camera, Save! teen video contest for his entry, “Don’t Burn That Bread.” The ABA Foundation announced the national contest winners today via a video posted to ABA’s Instagram page. Lights, Camera, Save! is a…
SBA: America’s Seed Fund Road Tour Visits Florida and Puerto Rico to Engage Startups and Small Businesses Working on Innovative, High-Impact Ideas
SBA Program Assists Entrepreneurs with Accessing Important R&D Capital The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)visited Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 7, and Puerto Rico on Feb. 9 during its America’s Seed Fund Road Tour, a national outreach effort to connect entrepreneurs working on advanced and innovative technology to the country’s largest source of early-stage research and development grant and contract…
FHFA: Multifamily Property Insurance Symposium Scheduled for March 13th
As a part of its continued efforts to foster meaningful dialogue on the growing challenges related to the availability and affordability of property insurance, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced it will host the next session in its series of property insurance symposiums on March 13, 2024. “The availability and affordability of insurance…
HUD: New National Challenge Encourages Participation in Locating Homes and Businesses that Lack Internet Access
The challenge process in each state and territory will determine which locations are eligible for BEAD-funded projects Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is encouraging affordable housing facilities to help states and territories determine where to direct grant funding to expand high-speed Internet access by participating in the BEAD challenge process….
SBA: America’s Seed Fund Week and Road Tour Announced
Nationwide Events Connect Entrepreneurs With SBIR/STTR Funding Agencies That Support Cutting-Edge Technology Development Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s more than 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, kicked off America’s Seed Fund Weekwith remarks highlighting the upcoming 2024 Seed Fund Road Tour as well as the…